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# Garudapurana 3.16.48

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.16.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.48)

hitāhitopadeṣṭṛtvādbhaktānāṃ hṛdaye sthitaḥ /  
tataśca gurusaṃjñāṃ cāpyavāpa sa ca mārutaḥ //

> Because he teaches what is beneficial and what is harmful, abiding in the hearts of devotees, / that wind-god also attained the designation Guru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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