[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 146.76 # Matsyapurana 146.76 Matsyapurāṇa 146.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [146.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.76) ādātuṃ phalamūlāni sa ca tasminvyalokayat rudatīṃ tāṃ priyāṃ dīnāṃ tanupracchāditānanām tāṃ vilokya sa daityendraḥ provāca parisāntvayan // > 'Father ! free me from the Âsuric tendencies, and grant me eternal region Let me always practise austerities and let my body be sustained. Hearing which Brahmâ said. 'It will be so' and then He returned to His abode Afterwards Vajrâṅga also finished his course of austerities. He felt hungry and went to his monastery with the intention of taking some food, but he did not see his wife, he entered into the thick hill forest and came across his wife who was crying in a very distressed condition He consoled her and addressed her thus. 'O Dear ! who has injured you ? He will soon go to the region of Death. What desire of thine shall I fulfil, tell me instantly without reserve.'—74-77. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 146.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.75) - [Next: 146.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.77) - [Up: 146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.146.p19) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.146.76) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.146.76) · Pramāṇa