[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) › 44.2 # Matsyapurana 44.2 Matsyapurāṇa 44.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.2) rakṣitā sa tu rājarṣiḥ prajānāmiti naḥ śrutam sa kathaṃ rakṣitā bhūtvā adahattattapovanam // > The Ṛiṣis said :—Sûta ! Why did the thousand-armed King Kârtavîrya, burn the forest of the Sage Âpava ? Please tell us fully the reason of his having done so. We have been given to understand that that royal sage was the protector of his subjects ; how then did he burn the forest of that ascetic.—1-2. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.1) - [Next: 44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.3) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.44.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.44.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.2) · Pramāṇa