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# Matsyapurana 152.30

Matsyapurāṇa 152.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [152.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.152.30)

śaraistribhistasya bhujaṃ bibheda ṣaḍbhiśca śīrṣaṃ daśabhiśca ketum  
viṣṇurvikṛṣṭaiḥ śravaṇāvasānaṃ daityasya vivyādha vivṛttanetraḥ //

> Afterwards, that brave Daitya began to send forth hard volleys of fiery arrows. Then, Viṣṇu, agitated with innumerable fiery infallible arrows of that Daitya, cut down his arrows along with his carrier, the sheep, by His bhuśuṇḍî missile. Then that Daitya jumped from his dead sheep and began to fight standing on the groun1 The Lord began to shoot him with deadly arrows He drew His bow to his ears with eyes wide open and pierced his arms with three arrows his head with six and his banner with ten arrows—27 30  
> — 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.152.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.152.30) — English, machine translation

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