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# Matsyapurana 166.1

Matsyapurāṇa 166.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [166.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.166.1)

\*matsya uvāca  
bhūtvā nārāyaṇo yogī sattvamūrtirvibhāvasuḥ  
gabhastibhiḥ pradīptābhiḥ saṃśoṣayati sāgarān //

> Matsya said: / Becoming the ascetic Nārāyaṇa, fire whose form is lucidity, / he dries up the oceans with blazing rays.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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