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# Matsyapurana 32.38

Matsyapurāṇa 32.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.38)

\*śukra uvāca  
nāhaṃ mṛṣā vadāmyetaj jarāṃ prāpto 'si bhūmipa  
jarāṃ tv etāṃ tvamanyasmin saṃkrāmaya yadīcchasi //

> Śukra said :—“King! My words cannot prove false. You are therefore bound to be old, but you can exchange it with the youth of some young man.”—38.  
> — 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.p19) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.38) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.31.38) — Sanskrit

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