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# Matsyapurana 99.17

Matsyapurāṇa 99.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [99.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.99.17)

anyānapi yathāśaktyā bhojayitvā dvijottamān  
tarpayed vastragodānai ratnaughadhanasaṃcayaiḥ  
alpavitto yathāśaktyā stokaṃ stokaṃ samācaret //

> Other Brâhmaṇas should be feasted, according to the means of the devotee and satisfied by being given clothes, jewels, money, ornaments cows, &c. A man with limited means should give only as much as he can afford.—17.  
> — 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.99.p13) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.99.17) — English, machine translation

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