[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) › 154.155 # Matsyapurana 154.155 Matsyapurāṇa 154.155 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [154.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.155) ataḥ kartrā tu śāstreṣu sutalābhaḥ praśaṃsitaḥ prāṇināṃ mohanārthāya narakatrāṇasaṃśrayāt // > The orders of Brahmacharya, &c., are established in their turn to make the world flourish If all were to attain the highest in virtue or vice how would the world prosper? The doctrine that God has ordained in the Śâstras that one should beget progeny to be saved from Hell is simply deluding people—154-155 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 154.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.154) - [Next: 154.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.156) - [Up: 154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.154.p43) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.154.155) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.1.4.21.43) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.43.150) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vaisnavakhanda.64.43) — Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.155.155) — Sanskrit - [Māheśvarakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.mahesvarakhanda.25.43) — Sanskrit - [Kaumārīkākhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kaumarikakhanda.25.43) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.155) · Pramāṇa