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# Matsyapurana 76.4

Matsyapurāṇa 76.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.76.4)

bhaktyā tu viprānsampūjya cāṣṭamyāṃ kṣīrabhojanam  
dattvā kuryātphalayutaṃ yāvatsyātkṛṣṇesaptamī //

> On the following day, that is, on Aṣṭamî, the Brâhmaṇas should be worshipped with devotion and fed with milk and fruits; during that period of the day, so long as there is any portion of the Kṛiṣṇa Saptamî remaining, and on every seventh day of the dark fortnight, fruits should be given away in charity.—4.  
> — 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.76.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.76.4) — English, machine translation

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