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# Matsyapurana 44.3

Matsyapurāṇa 44.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.3)

\*sūta uvāca  
ādityo dvijarūpeṇa kārtavīryamupasthitaḥ  
tṛptimekāṃ prayacchasva ādityo 'haṃ nareśvara //

> Sûta answered.—Once upon a time, the Sun went to the king in the form of a Brâhmaṇa, and said, ‘O Lord of men, I am Âditya, grant me one satisfaction.’—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.44.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.44.3) — English, machine translation

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