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The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 6

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 6

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Sanskrit Original

यस्मात तिर्यक प्रवृत्तः स तिर्यक्स्त्रोतस्ततः स्मृतः। पश्वादयस्ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणो द्विजाः।।

yasmāt tiryak pravṛttaḥ sa tiryakstrotastataḥ smṛtaḥ| paśvādayaste vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇo dvijāḥ||

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Since it functioned in non-straight ways, it is known as Tiryak-srotas. O Brahmanas, they are well-known as beasts, etc. as those tread the wrong path and go astray.