[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) › 30.23 # Matsyapurana 30.23 Matsyapurāṇa 30.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.23) \*yayātiruvāca kruddhādāśīviṣāt sarpāj jvalanātsarvatomukhāt durādharṣataro vipraḥ puruṣeṇa vijānatā // > Yayâtî said:--"The sages of hoary lore have said that a Brâhmaṇa is more formidable than the mouth of an angry venomous serpent and the raging fire."--23. Devayânî said:—"O, Blessed one! How do you describe a Brâhmaṇa to be more formidable than an angry venomous snake and the raging fire?"—24. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.22) - [Next: 30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.24) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.30.p13) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.30.23) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.76.22) — Sanskrit - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.118) — P. V. Kane, English - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.29.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.23) · Pramāṇa