[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) › 38.2 # Matsyapurana 38.2 Matsyapurāṇa 38.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.2) ahaṃ hi pūrvo vayasā bhavadbhayas tenābhivādaṃ bhavatāṃ na yuñje yo vidyayā tapasā janmanā vā vṛddhaḥ sa vai sambhavati dvijānām // > Yayâti.—“I am King Yayâti, son of Nahuṣa and father of Puru. Indra has hurled me down from the world of Surâs and Siddhâs for despising all creatures; and, now devoid of virtue, I am falling. I do not salute you, for I am your senior in age, because among the twice-born, one who is greater in learning, or, asceticism or senior in age, is a respected.”—1-2. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.1) - [Next: 38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.3) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.38.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.38.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.84.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.38.2) · Pramāṇa