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# Matsyapurana 24.22

Matsyapurāṇa 24.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.22)

ahanyahani devendraṃ draṣṭuṃ yāti sa rājarāṭ  
kadācidāruhya rathaṃ dakṣiṇāmbaracāriṇam //

> That king used to go to see the god Indra every day. One day seated in his Dakṣiṇâmbarachârî chariot he was on his way to the realm of Indra, when he accidentally saw the Daitya Keśî carrying away Chitrarekha and Urvaśî forcibly.--22-23.  
> — 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.24.p10) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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