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# Matsyapurana 43.1

Matsyapurāṇa 43.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.43.1)

\*sūta uvāca  
ityetacchaunakādrājā śatānīko niśamya tu  
vismitaḥ parayā prītyā pūrṇacandra ivābabhau //

> Sûta.—King Śatânika was amazed to hear all that from Śaunaka and glowed, like the full moon, with delight. Afterwards, he presented jewels, cows, gold and several kinds of clothes to Śaunaka. Śaunaka also disappeared then and there, after distributing to the Brâhmaṇas all that he had obtained from the king.—1-3.  
> — 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.43.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.43.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.164.1) — Sanskrit

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