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# Matsyapurana 37.6

Matsyapurāṇa 37.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.37.6)

\*śaunaka uvāca  
tataḥ papātāmararājajuṣṭāt puṇyāllokātpatamānaṃ yayātim  
samprekṣya rājarṣivaro 'ṣṭakas tam uvāca saddharmavidhānagoptā //

> Saunaka.—After that, Yayâti was thrown from the heaven. Aṣṭaka, residing in the central region and knower of the highest virtue, seeing him fall, said:—  
> — 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.p6) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.37.6) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.83.6) — Sanskrit

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