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# Garudapurana 3.20.11

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.20.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.20.11)

kiṃ vāraṇāgre maraṇena saukhyaṃ kiṃ vā makhādeḥ samanuṣṭhitena /  
samastatīrtheṣvaṭanena kiṃ kimadhītaśāstreṇa sutīkṣṇabuddhyā //

> What happiness is there in dying at the tip of an arrow? What is the use of performing sacrifices and the like? / What is the use of wandering to all sacred shrines? What is the use of studying the scriptures with an extremely sharp intellect,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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