[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) › 95.32 # Matsyapurana 95.32 Matsyapurāṇa 95.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [95.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.32) gurau sati gurordeyaṃ tadabhāve dvijātaye na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣātpatatyadhaḥ // > A Brâhmaṇa, free from deformity and of simple habits, should be worshipped, along with his wife, with garments, garlands and ornaments. These things might be given to the preceptor (Guru), if there be one; otherwise, to a really good Brâhmaṇa, free from all feeling of miserliness; for such a feeling leads one to the lower region.—30-31. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 95.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.31) - [Next: 95.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.33) - [Up: 95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.95.p16) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.95.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.95.32) · Pramāṇa