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# Garudapurana 3.26.12

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.26.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.26.12)

ato hi mātā harireva sarvadā tvanyāsāṃ vai mātṛtā copacārāt /  
nirmātṛtvaṃ yadi mukhyaṃ tvayi syāddroṇādīnāṃ jananī kā vadasva //

> Therefore, Hari alone is always the mother; the motherhood of any other is only metaphorical. / If the nature of a creator were fundamentally in you, tell me, who is the mother of Droṇa and the others?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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