[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) › 30.25 # Matsyapurana 30.25 Matsyapurāṇa 30.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.25) \*yayātiruvāca daśedāśīviṣastvekaṃ śastreṇaikaśca vadhyate hanti vipraḥ sarāṣṭrāṇi purāṇyapi hi kopitaḥ // > Yayâtî said:—"By the bite of a poisonous serpent and by the blow of a weapon only one life is lost, but by the anger of a Brâhmaṇa the whole realm and country is devastated; this is my reason for having described a Brâhmaṇa as such, and I therefore cannot accept you in marriage without your father's consent.—25-26. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.24) - [Next: 30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.26) - [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.p14) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.30.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.76.24) — 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.29.25) — Sanskrit - [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.1368) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.30.25) · Pramāṇa