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# Matsyapurana 72.3

Matsyapurāṇa 72.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.72.3)

\*yudhiṣṭhira uvāca  
kathamārogyamaiśvaryaṃ matirdharme gatistathā  
avyaṅgatā śive bhaktir vaiṣṇavo vā bhavetkatham //

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:—“O sage! How health, prosperity and firm faith in religion can be maintained, and how can unflinching devotion be centred in Śiva and Viṣṇu, and how may one be free from all bodily defects.”—3.  
> — 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.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.72.3) — English, machine translation

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