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# Matsyapurana 176.9

Matsyapurāṇa 176.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [176.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.176.9)

tvaṃ kāntiḥ kāntivapuṣāṃ tvaṃ somaḥ somapāyinām  
saumyastvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ timiraghnastvam ṛkṣarāṭ //

> you are the splendor of the splendid-bodied, you are the soma of soma-drinkers, / you are gentle to all beings, destroyer of darkness, king of asterisms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.1.46.9) — Sanskrit

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