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Matsyapurana 101.35

Matsyapurāṇa 101.35

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Sanskrit

101.35

varjayitvā pumānmāṃsam abdānte goprado bhavet
tadvaddhemamṛgaṃ dadyāt so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
ahiṃsāvratamityuktaṃ kalpānte bhūpatirbhavet //

One who gives up meat for a year and at the end gives away a cow or a deer of gold gets the benefit of Aśwamedha sacrifice, and, after reaping the fruits of his virtue for one full kalpa, is born as a king. This is (19) Ahimsâ-Vrata.—35.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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