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# Garudapurana 3.5.20

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.5.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.5.20)

candraḥ śrotrābhimānīti tathā jñeyaḥ khageśvara /  
jihvendriyātmā varuṇaḥ sūryasyānantarobhavat //

> The Moon is likewise to be known as the presiding deity of hearing, O Lord of Birds. / Varuṇa, the deity of the sense of the tongue, arose immediately after the Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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