[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) › 38.3 # Matsyapurana 38.3 Matsyapurāṇa 38.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.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. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.2) - [Next: 38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.4) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.38.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.38.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.37.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.3) · Pramāṇa