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# Skandapurana 16.207.40

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.40)

gāyatrīsāramātro'pi varaṃ vipraḥ suyantritaḥ ..  
nāyaṃtritaścaturvedī sarvāśī sarvavikrayī .. 7.1.207.40 ..

> Better is a well-controlled brahmin whose only knowledge is the essence of the Gāyatrī, / than an uncontrolled knower of the four Vedas who eats everything and sells everything. // 7.1.207.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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