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# Matsyapurana 124.99

Matsyapurāṇa 124.99

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [124.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.99)

bhūtārambhakṛtaṃ karma āśiṣaśca viśāṃ pate  
prārabhante lokakāmās teṣāṃ panthāḥ sa dakṣiṇaḥ //

> O King, these Ṛiṣis, who originate progeny, begin the works of creation and uplift humanity. They move about in Dakṣiṇâpatha.—99. They establish the order of duty in each yuga (Dharma), when it is disturbed, with their learning, piety and asceticism.—100.  
> — 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.124.p41) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.99) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.161) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.210) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.8.86) — Sanskrit

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