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# Garudapurana 3.26.14

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.26.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.26.14)

sadā pitā mukhyapitā yadi syādgarbhasthabāle pālakaḥ ko vadasva /  
mātāpitroḥ pālakatvaṃ yadi syātkūrmādīnāṃ pālakau kau vadasva //

> If a father were always the primary father, tell me, who is the protector of the child in the womb? / If parents were the real protectors, tell me, who are the two protectors of tortoises and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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