Matsyapurana 38.3
Matsyapurāṇa 38.3
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38.3
*aṣṭaka uvāca
avādīstvaṃ vayasāsmi pravṛddha iti vai rājann adhikaḥ kathaṃcit
yo vai vidvāṃstapasā sampravṛddhaḥ sa eva pūjyo bhavati dvijānām //
Aṣṭaka.—“King! You say you are senior in age which is also a degree of superiority; but among the twice-born, one, who is greater in wisdom and asceticism, is alone reckoned superior, and not one who is merely senior in age.”—3.
Translations (2)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation