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# Matsyapurana 83.44

Matsyapurāṇa 83.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [83.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.83.44)

anena vidhinā yastu dadyāddhānyamayaṃ girim  
manvantaraśataṃ sāgraṃ devaloke mahīyate //

> One who gives away the hill of grain in this way, resides in Devaloka during the reign of a hundred Manus, and traverses through the skies seated in an aerial chariot in company of the nymphs and the Gandharvas. On the exhaustion of his merit, he is re-born in the family of a great king.—43-45.  
> — 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.83.p22) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.83.44) — English, machine translation

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