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# Matsyapurana 37.5

Matsyapurāṇa 37.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.5)

\*indra uvāca  
satāṃ sakāśe patito 'si rājaṃś cyutaḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ yatra labdhāsi bhūyaḥ  
evaṃ viditvā tu punaryayāte na te 'vamānyāḥ sadṛśaḥ śreyase ca //

> Indra.—“You will fall now among good people, where you will regain your lost position. From this experience, you should no more despise those who are your equal or better than you.”—5.  
> — 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.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.37.5) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.83.5) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.36.5) — Sanskrit
- [Purāṇasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.puranasara.70.13) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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