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# Matsyapurana 93.80

Matsyapurāṇa 93.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [93.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.93.80)

grahā gāvo narendrāśca brāhmaṇāśca viśeṣataḥ  
pūjitāḥ pūjayantyete nirdahantyavamānitāḥ //

> The planets, cows, King and Brâhmaṇas, especially, are worthy of being worshipped. Those, who worship them, are nourished by them, and those, who insult them, are destroyed.—80.  
> — 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.93.p39) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.93.80) — English, machine translation

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