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# Matsyapurana 49.34

Matsyapurāṇa 49.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [49.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.34)

tato jāte hi vitathe bharataśca divaṃ yayau  
bharadvājo divaṃ yāto hy abhiṣicya sutamṛṣiḥ //

> Bharadvâja was named Vitatha \[futile\], owing to his being futile as a son, for he never entered the mother's womb. The Brâhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas born on this Earth of Bharadvâja, came to be known as Dvyâmuṣyâyaṇa Kaulînas. When Vitatha was thus brought to Bharata, then Bharata went to heaven, and the sage Bharadvâja also went there, after anointing his son.—33-34.  
> — 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.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.49.34) — English, machine translation

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