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# Matsyapurana 37.1

Matsyapurāṇa 37.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [37.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.1)

indra uvāca  
sarvāṇi kāryāṇi samāpya rājan gṛhānparityajya vanaṃ gato 'si  
tattvāṃ pṛcchāmi nahuṣasya putra kenāpi tulyastapasā yayāte //

> Indra.—“King! I ask you to please tell me, how you practised austerities after renouncing your kingdom and repairing to the forest as an anchorite.”—1.  
> — 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.37.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.37.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.83.1) — Sanskrit

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