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# Garudapurana 3.9.18

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.9.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.9.18)

ājānebhyastu pitaraḥ saptabhyonye śatāvarāḥ /  
tathādhikā hi pitara iti vedavidāṃ matam //

> The ancestors other than the seven are a hundredfold inferior to the ājānajas; / yet the ancestors are superior \[to others\]: such is the opinion of the knowers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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