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# Matsyapurana 37.2

Matsyapurāṇa 37.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.2)

\*yayātiruvāca  
nāhaṃ devamanuṣyeṣu na gandharvamaharṣiṣu  
ātmanastapasā tulyaṃ kaṃcitpaśyāmi vāsava //

> Yayâti.—“I do not consider the austerities of the Devas, men, Gandharvas and Maharṣis as equal to my own.”—2.  
> — 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.37.p2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.37.2) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.83.2) — Sanskrit

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