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# Matsyapurana 10.22

Matsyapurāṇa 10.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.10.22)

yakṣaiśca vasudhā dugdhā purāntardhānam īpsubhiḥ  
kṛtvā vaiśravaṇaṃ vatsam āmapātre mahīpate //

> Then Antaka, after making the God of death the calf, milked the (earth) cow and took out Svadhâ from it. Similarly, the Nâgas, after making Takṣaka the calf and Dhṛitarâṣtra as the milkman, got out poison in a gourd, and the Asurâs, making Virochana the calf and Dvimûrdhâ as milkman, pressed out Mâyâ into a pot of iron. The Yakṣas pressed out in an earthen pot the knowledge of making themselves invisible after making Kuvêra the calf.—19-22.  
> — 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.10.p15) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.10.22) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.8.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.7.22) — Sanskrit

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