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# Matsyapurana 150.151

Matsyapurāṇa 150.151

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [150.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.150.151)

tadbalaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ māyayā kālaneminaḥ  
taddṛṣṭvā dānavānīkaṃ labdhasaṃjñaṃ divākaraḥ  
uvācāruṇamudbhrāntaḥ kopāllokaikalocanaḥ //

> The Sun on realizing the increase of the power of the demons by Kālanemi angrily commanded His charioteer Aruṇa to take Him to the spot where Kālanemi was. "Now there will be a tough fight" said the Sun, "and many heroes, will be killed. Behold! The Moon has been conquered by the Sun."  
> — 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.150.p23) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.150.151) — English, machine translation

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