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# Matsyapurana 154.7

Matsyapurāṇa 154.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [154.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.154.7)

\*devā ūcuḥ  
tvamoṃkāro 'syaṅkurāya prasūto viśvasyātmānantabhedasya pūrvam  
sambhūtasyānantaraṃ sattvamūrte saṃhārecchoste namo rudramūrte //

> The Devas said:—Thou art Omkâra the causal root of this universe with its endless varied manifestations. Thy ancient form Omkara is the germ of this tree of Universe Thou assumest the Sattva form for the preservation of the Universe and it is Thou again that assumest the Rudra form for its destruction So salutation, to Thy Rudra form!—7  
> — 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.154.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.154.7) — English, machine translation

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