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# Matsyapurana 32.40

Matsyapurāṇa 32.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.40)

\*śukra uvāca  
saṃkrāmayiṣyasi jarāṃ yatheṣṭaṃ nahuṣātmaja  
māmanudhyāya tattvena na ca pāpamavāpsyasi //

> Śukra said :—“By my favour, O King! You will exchange your old age with youth without committing any sin; and any of your sons, willingly giving you his youth in exchange for your old age, will certainly be blessed with many children and will be illustrious and long-lived.”—40-41.  
> — 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.p21) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.40) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.78.40) — Sanskrit

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