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# Matsyapurana 21.2

Matsyapurāṇa 21.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.21.2)

\*sūta uvāca  
tasminneva pure jātās te ca cakrāhvayāstadā  
vṛddhadvijasya dāyādā viprā jātismarāḥ purā //

> Sûta replied:—They were born in the family of a poor and old Brâhmaṇa in the kingdom of Brahmadatta and they had a recollection of their previous lives.—2.  
> — 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.21.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.21.2) — English, machine translation

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