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# Garudapurana 3.4.23

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.4.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.23)

kevalaṃ sattvamityuktaṃ na tu śreṣṭhatvataḥ prabho /  
sṛṣṭikāle kevalaṃ syātpralaye miśritaṃ bhavet //

> it is called pure sattva, not merely on account of its excellence, O lord. / At the time of creation it is pure; at the dissolution it becomes mixed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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