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# Matsyapurana 3.13

Matsyapurāṇa 3.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.3.13)

\*manur uvāca  
buddher mohaḥ samabhavad iti yat parikīrtitam  
ahaṃkāraḥ smṛtaḥ krodho buddhir nāma kim ucyate //

> At this, the king Vaivasvata Manu said :—  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

> “Lord ! I have understood that intellect begot Delusion and egoism begot arrogance, but what is intellect ?”’—13.  
> — 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.3.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.3.13) — English, machine translation

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