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# Matsyapurana 70.12

Matsyapurāṇa 70.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [70.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.70.12)

śūnye yadukule sarvaiś caurairapi jite 'rjune  
hṛtāsu kṛṣṇapatnīṣu dāsabhogyāsu cāmbudhau //

> Then, ages after, there will be a great slaughter, owing to the mûṣala affair; and Lord Kṛiṣṇa, after relieving the universe of its great burden, will go to heaven. The Yâdavas will have ceased to exist; and the ladies of Kṛiṣṇa will be seized by robbers, a warrior, like Arjuna, being defeated (and unable to protect them). These robbers will take them to the seashore and enjoy with them there. When these ladies will bemoan their hard lot, the sage Dâlbhya, will appear before them. Those ladies will worship the sage by offering him arghya and salute him again and again. They will then, with tearful eyes, remember their past enjoyments, use of garlands and sandal paste, and think of their Lord, the unconquerable master of the universe, as well as of flowers and the beautiful city of Dwârikâ, glittering with its riches and gems, and of their respective abodes therein, the Divine forms of their sons dwelling in that sacred city. Then they will put the following question to the sage, standing before him:—11-16.  
> — 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.70.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.70.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.70.12) — Sanskrit

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