[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) › 41.1 # Matsyapurana 41.1 Matsyapurāṇa 41.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.1) \*aṣṭaka uvāca katarastvetayoḥ pūrvaṃ devānāmeti sātmyatām ubhayordhāvato rājan sūryacandramasoriva // > Aṣṭaka.—“King! Who between the two (orders), viz, the Sanyâsi or the Vânaprastha attains to the region of the Devas first? Both of them are striving after Devahood in the heavenly path like the sun and the moon.”—1. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.40.17) - [Next: 41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.2) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.41.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.41.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.87.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.1) · Pramāṇa