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# Matsyapurana 49.16

Matsyapurāṇa 49.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [49.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.16)

\*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
bharatasya bharadvājaḥ putrārthaṃ mārutaiḥ katham  
saṃkrāmito mahātejās tanno brūhi yathātatham //

> The sages said :—'Sûta ! Please explain to us fully how the Marut Devas gave the most illustrious Bharadvâja to Bharata."—16.  
> — 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.49.p3-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.49.16) — English, machine translation

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