[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) › 49.14 # Matsyapurana 49.14 Matsyapurāṇa 49.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.14) bharatasya vinaṣṭeṣu tanayeṣu purā kila putrāṇāṃ mātṛkāt kopāt sumahānsaṃkṣayaḥ kṛtaḥ // > Thus Bharata was born of Śakuntalâ and Duṣyanta. In ancient times, when all the sons of Bharata perished, through a widespread and virulent epidemic, brought on by the wrath of the Goddess Mâtrikâ \[? smallpox\], then the Marut Devas brought Bharadvâja, the son of Bṛihaspati, and gave him to Bharata.—14-15. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 49.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.13) - [Next: 49.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.15) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.49.p2-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.49.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.48.14) — Sanskrit - [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18.72) — F. E. Pargiter, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.14) · Pramāṇa