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# Matsyapurana 121.35

Matsyapurāṇa 121.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [121.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.121.35)

etasminneva kāle tu dṛṣṭvā rājānamagrataḥ  
dhamanīsaṃtataṃ kṣīṇaṃ kṣudhāvyākulitendriyam //

> But, at the same moment, He perceived King Bhagîratha standing in front of Him. He appeared lean, his veins becoming visible, troubled and hungry.—35. The Lord then remembered that the king had first pleased Him by his austerities to get the sacred river—Ganges—which boon He had already granted to him. He therefore suppressed His wrath.—36.  
> — 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.121.p20) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.121.35) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.47.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.121.35) — Sanskrit
- [Prakriyāpāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.47.34) — Sanskrit

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