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# Matsyapurana 4.12

Matsyapurāṇa 4.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.4.12)

yasmānmamābhibhavatā manaḥ saṃkṣobhitaṃ śaraiḥ  
tasmāttvaddehamacirād rudro bhasmīkariṣyati //

> “ ‘The object with which you made me the target of your arrows will ere long lead you to be reduced to ashes by Śiva, when you similarly behave with Him,’ was the curse that Brahmâ pronounced on Cupid.”—12.  
> — 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.4.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.4.12) — English, machine translation

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