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Matsyapurana 101.83

Matsyapurāṇa 101.83

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Sanskrit

101.83

daśamyām ekabhaktāśī samānte daśadhenudaḥ
diśaśca kāñcanairdadyād brahmāṇḍādhipatirbhavet
etad viśvavrataṃ nāma mahāpātakanāśanam //

One who has only one meal a day on the tenth day of the month, and after a year gives away ten cows, along with the images of ten directions made of gold, becomes the lord of the universe. This is called the (60) *Viśva-Vrata*, the destroyer of all ills.—83.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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