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# Matsyapurana 42.3

Matsyapurāṇa 42.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.3)

\*vasumānuvāca  
tāṃs te dadāmi pata māṃ prapātaṃ ye me lokāstava te vai bhavantu  
krīṇīṣvaināṃs tṛṇakenāpi rājan pratigrahaste yadi samyakpraduṣṭaḥ //

> Vasumân.—“I bestow all those regions on you who are falling, and O King! if you cannot accept them as a present, then be good enough to buy them from me after making a nominal payment.”—3.  
> — 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.42.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.42.3) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.88.3) — Sanskrit

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