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# Matsyapurana 72.35

Matsyapurāṇa 72.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.35)

samastayajñāya jitendriyāya pātrāya śīlānvayasaṃyutāya  
dātavyametatsakalaṃ dvijāya kuṭumbine naiva tu dāmbhikāya  
samarpayedvipravarāya bhaktyā kṛtāñjaliḥ pūrvamudīrya mantram //

> Afterwards, all that should be given away in charity to a Brâhmaṇa, who is versed in the sacrificial rites, is able to restrain his passions, is calm and modest, is well-born and has large family. It should never be given to a Brâhmaṇa, who is a hypocrite. Then the devotee should recite the following mantras, with his hands folded.—35.  
> — 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.72.p28) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.35) — English, machine translation

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