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# Matsyapurana 124.75

Matsyapurāṇa 124.75

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [124.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.75)

tato mandataraṃ tābhyāṃ cakraṃ tu bhramate punaḥ  
mṛtpiṇḍa iva madhyastho bhramate 'sau dhruvastathā //

> Like the mound of clay on potter's wheel, the pole star moves more slowly than either of them.—75.  
> — 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.124.p27) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.75) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.124.75) — Sanskrit

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