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# Garudapurana 3.26.13

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.26.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.26.13)

mātṛtvaṃ vai yadi mukhyaṃ tvayi syāddhātrādīnāṃ jananī kā vadasva /  
yataḥ sadā yāti jagattatto hariḥ sadā pitā viṣṇurajaḥ purāṇaḥ //

> If motherhood were truly primary in you, tell me, who is the mother of Dhātṛ and the others? / Since the universe continually proceeds from Him, Hari alone is always the father, Viṣṇu, unborn and primeval.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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