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# Matsyapurana 43.40

Matsyapurāṇa 43.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [43.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.43.40)

yugāntābhrasahasrasya āsphoṭastvaśaneriva  
aho bata vidhervīryaṃ bhārgavo 'yaṃ yadāchinat //

> The sound of his thousand arms resembled the echo of clouds that arise at the close of Yuga; but it is very strange, that his thundering arms were cut down by Parasurâma, the descendant of Bhṛigu.—39-40.  
> — 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.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.43.40) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.12.128) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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