[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) › 32.4 # Matsyapurana 32.4 Matsyapurāṇa 32.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.4) nāhamanyāyataḥ kāmam ācarāmi śucismite tasmād ṛṣer mamāpatyam iti satyaṃ bravīmi te // > Śarmiṣṭhâ said:—"A seer, well-versed in the Vedas, came to me whom I pleased, taking him as my lord; and this son has been born of him. O blessed one! I have not basefully been a slave to passions. This child has been born of a Ṛiṣi; believe this without doubt."—3-4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.3) - [Next: 32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.5) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.32.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.78.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.4) · Pramāṇa