[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) › 20.13 # Matsyapurana 20.13 Matsyapurāṇa 20.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.13) yatkṛtaṃ krūrakarmāpi śrāddharūpeṇa taistadā tena te bhavane jātā vyādhānāṃ krūrakarmiṇām // > In process of time they were all gathered to their fathers and were re-born in the house of a hunter; but as they performed the śrâddha with great devotion they had a recollection of their previous life through the glory of the Pitṛis They were however born in the family of a hunter on account of their having committed a cruel deed; but as they had a recollection of their previous life, they in a fit of asceticism spurned at all mundane luxuries and put an end to their existence by fasting.—12-14. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.12) - [Next: 20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.14) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.20.p8) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.13) · Pramāṇa