[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) › 29.8 # Matsyapurana 29.8 Matsyapurāṇa 29.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.8) \*vṛṣaparvovāca nāvadyaṃ na mṛṣāvādaṃ tvayi jānāmi bhārgava tvayi satyaṃ ca dharmaśca tatprasīdatu māṃ bhavān // > Vṛiṣaparvan said:—“Bhârgava! I do not consider you as censurable or a talker of falsehood because I am so well aware of your truth and asceticism; therefore be pleased with me. Excepting you, none can protect me; and if you are going to leave me today, I will drown myself in the ocean, for there is no other refuge for me.”—7-9. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.7) - [Next: 29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.9) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.29.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.29.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.75.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.29.8) · Pramāṇa