[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) › 40.10 # Matsyapurana 40.10 Matsyapurāṇa 40.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.10) \*aṣṭaka uvāca kathaṃsvidvasato 'raṇye grāmo bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥ grāme vā vasato 'raṇyaṃ kathaṃ bhavati pṛṣṭhataḥ // > Aṣṭaka.—“How one dwelling in the woods has his back turned on habitation, and how one residing in town, has his back turned on the forest.”—10. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.9) - [Next: 40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.11) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.40.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.40.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.86.10) — Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.39.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.10) · Pramāṇa