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# Matsyapurana 174.9

Matsyapurāṇa 174.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [174.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.174.9)

ketunā nāgarājena rājamāno yathā raviḥ  
yukto hayasahasreṇa manomārutaraṃhasā //

> Various kinds of music were played in the heaven, hundreds of nymphs began to dance In their midst the chariot looked beautiful like the rising Sun on the Udayâchala mount It was drawn by a thousand horses, swift like the mind and wind At that time, the chariot controlled by Mâtali looked handsome like the Mount Sumeru illumined by the Sun Dharmarâja came armed with his formidable club, and took his stand in the army of the Devas, causing terror to the demons by His roars —8 11  
> — 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.174.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.174.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.34.9) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.175.9) — Sanskrit

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