Shiva Purana

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गणेश उवाच ॥ असाधुस्साधुतां चैव साधुश्चासाधुतां तथा ॥ कदाचिदपि नाप्नोति ब्रह्मोक्तमिति निश्चितम् ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

Gaṇeśa said:— This has been decisively said by Brahmā—“A wicked man never attains saintly nature nor docs a saintly man assume perversion at any time.”

english translation

gaNeza uvAca ॥ asAdhussAdhutAM caiva sAdhuzcAsAdhutAM tathA ॥ kadAcidapi nApnoti brahmoktamiti nizcitam ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/25/19

गणेश उवाच ॥ असाधुस्साधुतां चैव साधुश्चासाधुतां तथा ॥ कदाचिदपि नाप्नोति ब्रह्मोक्तमिति निश्चितम् ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

Gaṇeśa said:— This has been decisively said by Brahmā—“A wicked man never attains saintly nature nor docs a saintly man assume perversion at any time.”

english translation

gaNeza uvAca ॥ asAdhussAdhutAM caiva sAdhuzcAsAdhutAM tathA ॥ kadAcidapi nApnoti brahmoktamiti nizcitam ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript