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# Matsyapurana 74.17

Matsyapurāṇa 74.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [74.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.74.17)

ekāmapi pradadyādvā vittahīno vimatsaraḥ  
na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta yato mohātpatatyadhaḥ //

> If one cannot afford 13 cows, he may give only one. The observer of this ordinance should not exercise miserliness and jealousy. Those who do so, go to hell.—17.  
> — 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.74.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.74.17) — English, machine translation

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