Matsya Purana 131.41
Matsyapurāṇa 131.41
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131.41
uccairgurūn prabhāṣante nābhibhāṣante pūjitāḥ.
akasmāt sāśrunayanā jāyante ca samutsukāḥ.. 131.42 ..
First, they began to hate the holy Brāhmaṇas, they gave up their daily course of worship, they ceased to pay their respects to their preceptors and began to be angry with one another. They became addicted to habits of quarrelling with one another, they mocked their religion, they abused one another, and every one of them played the master. They began to insult their elders, and despise the objects of their everyday adoration. They ceased to perform good deeds and were vexed at mere trifles and their eyes overflowed with tears. They ate at night curds, barley porridge, milk and woodapple; slept with their unclean bodies; they left off washing their feet and hands after answering calls of nature; they retired to bed without cleaning themselves. They began to fear cats like mice and never cleaned their persons after enjoying themselves in company of their consorts and never observed the rules of decency in dallying with their women folk. Thus, they became a corrupt lot though they had led virtuous lives before, and they now began to trouble the Devas, sages and hermits.—40-46.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit