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# Matsyapurana 20.1

Matsyapurāṇa 20.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.1)

\*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
kathaṃ kauśikadāyādāḥ prāptāste yogamuttamam  
pañcabhirjanmasambandhaiḥ kathaṃ karmakṣayo bhavet //

> The Ṛiṣis asked the sage Sûta to relate to them how the sons of Kauśika in their fifth cycle of birth, putting an end to their desires, attained emancipation by their power of Yoga.—1.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.20.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.10.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.19.1) — Sanskrit

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