Garudapurana 3.17.48
Garuḍapurāṇa 3.17.48
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3.17.48
nīrakṣīravivikaṃ ca haṃso vetti na cāparaḥ /
ataḥ svabhartṛsaṃyogaṃ kṛṣṇādehena cintayet kṛṣṇādehenyagāmitvaṃ naiva cintyaṃ khageśvara //
The swan knows the distinction between water and milk, and none other. / Therefore, one should understand union with their own husbands through the body of Kṛṣṇā; going to another in the body of Kṛṣṇā is never to be thought of, O lord of birds.
3.17.48.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe bhāratyā viśiṣṭadeha saṃprāptyai kāraṇanirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, titled “Explanation of the Cause for Attaining a Distinguished Body by Bhāratī,” in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third section in the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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