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# Matsyapurana 32.31

Matsyapurāṇa 32.31

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.31)

\*śukra uvāca  
dharmajñastvaṃ mahārāja yo 'dharmam akṛthāḥ priyam  
tasmājjarā tvām acirād dharṣayiṣyati durjayā //

> Śukra said :—“King! as you have committed a sin, in spite of your being virtuous, you will be visited soon with invincible old age.”—31.  
> — 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.32.p14) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.31) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.78.30) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.31.31) — Sanskrit

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