[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 77.9 # Matsyapurana 77.9 Matsyapurāṇa 77.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [77.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.9) anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsi māsi samācaret saṃvatsarānte śayanaṃ śarkarākalaśānvitam // > He should feed the Brâhmaṇas, according to his means, with sugar, clarified butter and rice cooked in milk and sugar, but should avoid oil and, salt. He himself should take his meals in silence. The same rule should be observed each month for a year, after which a pitcher of water, with a vessel of sugar, a bedstead, with all its requisites, and a milch cow, and if means permit, then a house containing all the necessities of a householder’s life as well as eatables, should be given away. Miserliness should not be exercised, for it leads to sin. The devotee should, in addition to the things mentioned above, give away a horse of gold worth 1,000 Niṣkas, 100 Niṣkas, or 10 Niṣkas, or of even 5 Niṣkas, according to his means, by reciting the mantras pertaining to the Sun.—8-12. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 77.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.8) - [Next: 77.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.10) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.77.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.77.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.77.9) · Pramāṇa