[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) › 147.6 # Matsyapurana 147.6 Matsyapurāṇa 147.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [147.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147.6) \*brahmovāca kimarthaṃ putraṃ bhūyastvaṃ niyamaṃ krūramicchasi āhārābhimukho daitya tanno brūhi mahāvrata // > Brahmâ said — "Son ! what makes you resume your rigid austerities again ? Why do you not take your food ? Tell me plainly The benefits derived from a thousand years fast have already accrued to you by forsaking the victuals that are at your disposal The renunciation of achieved objects is greater than the abandonment of things unachieved —6-8 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 147.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147.5) - [Next: 147.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147.7) - [Up: 147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.147.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.147.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.2.23.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.147.6) · Pramāṇa