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# Matsyapurana 23.39

Matsyapurāṇa 23.39

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.23.39)

vetālayakṣoragakiṃnarāṇāṃ padmena caikena tathārbudena  
lakṣais tribhir dvādaśabhī rathānāṃ somo 'pyagāttatra vivṛddhamanyuḥ //

> Seeing his foe marching against him, the Moon, seething with wrath, started along with his vast retinue of Vetâlas, Yakṣas, Serpents, and a train of a million and a half of chariots, to measure swords with Him.—39.  
> — 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.23.p16) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.23.39) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.12.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.22.39) — Sanskrit

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