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Matsyapurana 133.19

Matsyapurāṇa 133.19

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133.19

rathanemidvayaṃ cakrurdevā brahmapuraḥ sarāḥ.
ādidvayaṃ pakṣayantraṃ yantrametāśca devatāḥ.. 133.19 ..

Accordingly, Brahmā and others in obedience to His orders equipped at once an excellent chariot They fixed the earth as its basis, the two attendants of Śiva as the two poles of the chariot (to which the yoke is fixed), the Mount Meru the seat in the chariot, the Mandara, the axle, the Sun and the Moon as the two silvery and golden wheels, the dark and the lunar fortnights as the two fellies of the wheels, all the Devas for the machinery of the chariot, the serpents Kambala and Aśvatara as the tying rope of the chariot, Śukra, Vṛhaspati Budha, Maṅgala, and Saturn as the conveyors of the chariot and the firmament as the fender (with which a chariot is provided as a defence against collision) The eyes of serpents became the golden piping instruments (made of bamboos) of the chariot, the cheerful Devas bedecked the chariot with gems, pearls and sapphires—16 22

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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