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# Garudapurana 3.3.1

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.3.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 3  
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
babhūvecchā mama devasya viṣṇoḥ sraṣṭuṃ sṛjyānmokṣayogyāṃśca moktum /  
icchāśaktiḥ sarvadaivāsti viṣṇostathāpi tadvyāharaṇaṃ ca laukikam //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—3.  
> The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / A desire arose in me, the god Viṣṇu, to create those fit to be created, and to liberate those fit for liberation. / Viṣṇu's power of will exists eternally; nonetheless, its declaration is conventional.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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