[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) › 42.28 # Matsyapurana 42.28 Matsyapurāṇa 42.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.28) \*śaunaka uvāca evaṃ rājansa mahātmā yayātiḥ svadauhitraistārito mitravaryaiḥ tyaktvā mahīṃ paramodārakarmā svargaṃ gataḥ karmabhirvyāpya pṛthvīm // > Śaunaka.—“King! That high-souled Yayâti in this way, through his magnanimous daughter’s sons, was saved from fall; and after leaving the earth, that doer of great charitable deeds rose to Heaven, filling the Earth with his renown. This history of King Yayâti I have narrated to you in detail. It is in his dynasty, which is famous by the name of Kauravayas, that you have been born, O, Son of Manu, illustrious like Indra.”—28-29. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.27) - [Next: 42.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.29) - [Up: 42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.42.p21) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.42.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.88.26) — Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.41.28) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.28) · Pramāṇa