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# Matsyapurana 69.13

Matsyapurāṇa 69.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [69.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.69.13)

bhavitā sa tadā brahman kartā caiva vṛkodaraḥ  
pravartako 'sya dharmasya pāṇḍuputro mahābalaḥ //

> O Brahmâ ! after that Bhîmasena will follow the rituals dictated by Lord Kriṣṇa and will promulgate it in the world.—13. Bhîmasena is called Vrikodara, on account of his having Vrika or wolf-like fire given by me in his stomach. His hunger will never be appeased.—14.  
> — 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.69.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.69.13) — English, machine translation

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