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# Matsyapurana 45.13

Matsyapurāṇa 45.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.45.13)

tatastūrṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśas tamṛkṣapatimañjasā  
jāmbavantaṃ sa jagrāha krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ //

> Sometime after Śrīkṛiṣṇa, also went out to hunt in the forest and approached the very cave of the bear, when the beast seeing him began to groan and growl, at which he entered the cave with sword in hand. He found the bear to be Jâmbavanta, the King of all bears. He then hastily, with great valour, made Jâmbavanta a captive and then turned his eyes full of wrath towards him. The King of the bears then pleased Lord Śrīkṛiṣṇa, the manifestation of Viṣṇu, with his devotion.—12-15.  
> — 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.45.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.45.13) — English, machine translation

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