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# Garudapurana 3.16.74

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.16.74

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.74)

sthāpanaṃ duṣṭadamanaṃ dvayameva prayojanam /  
nānyatprayojanaṃ vāyostathā vairocanātmake //

> Establishment \[of dharma\] and subduing the wicked—only these two are the purposes; / there is no other purpose for Vāyu, nor likewise for him whose nature is Virocana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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