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# Matsyapurana 103.7

Matsyapurāṇa 103.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [103.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.103.7)

dhik kaṣṭamiti saṃcitya rājā vaiklavyabhāgataḥ  
nirviceṣṭo nirutsāhaḥ kiṃcit tiṣṭhatyadhomukhaḥ //

> “Fie to me!” Thus oppressed with his thoughts, the mighty King Yudhiṣṭhira became very much despondent, and his head bending downwards he fainted. When he came back to his senses, he fell into thought, “Which could be the best religious act that would wash off all my sins, and which could be the sacred place of pilgrimage that would purify me and enable me to go and reside in the world of Viṣṇu.—8-9.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.103.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.103.7) — English, machine translation

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