Matsya Purana 212.4
Matsyapurāṇa 212.4
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- Sanskrit
212.4
dharmādarthastathā kāmo dharmāllokadvayaṃ tathā.
dharmaeko'nuyātyenaṃ yatra kvacana gāminam .. 212.4 ..
From Dharma is obtained wealth and from Dharma again is obtained Kâma the fulfilment of desires, it is through Dharma that this world and the next are enjoyed —4 It is Dharma only that accompanies the embodied soul wherever it goes, friends and relatives do not follow All other things excepting Dharma perish with the body The soul comes into existence by itself and leaves the body similarly It is only followed by Dharma. It is not followed by any brother, friend, wife, son &c Fortune &c are begotten by Dharma.—5-6
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English