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Matsyapurana 101.54

Matsyapurāṇa 101.54

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Sanskrit

101.54

pakṣopavāsī yo dadyād viprāya kapilādvayam
brahmalokamavāpnoti devāsurasupūjitam
kalpānte rājarājaḥ syāt prabhāvratamidaṃ smṛtam //

One who gives a pair of tawny colour cows (kapilâ) to a Brâhmaṇa, after fasting for a fortnight, goes to the Brahmaloka honoured by Devas and Asuras, and at the end of the kalpa becomes the monarch of kings. This is (33) Prabhâ-Vrata.—54.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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