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# Matsyapurana 33.7

Matsyapurāṇa 33.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.33.7)

santi te bahavaḥ putrā mattaḥ priyatarā nṛpa  
jarāṃ grahītuṃ dharmajña putramanyaṃ vṛṇīṣva vai //

> Yadu refused to exchange his youth with the old age of the king, who, on account of it, looked lean, decrepit and furrowed and incapable of indulging in enjoyments; and said that the king had other sons dearer than him to whom he might transfer his old age.—5-7.  
> — 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.33.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.33.7) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.12.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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