[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 37.4 # Matsyapurana 37.4 Matsyapurāṇa 37.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.4) \*yayātiruvāca surarṣigandharvanarāvamānāt kṣayaṃ gatā me yadi śakralokāḥ icchāmyahaṃ suralokādvihīnaḥ satāṃ madhye patituṃ devarāja // > Yayâti.—Indra! If I have lost my virtue and the privilege of living here by running down the glory of the Devas, Ṛiṣis, Gandharvas, and men, I wish to fall from this Heaven, among good people.—4. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.3) - [Next: 37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.5) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.37.p4) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.37.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.83.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.4) · Pramāṇa