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# Matsyapurana 69.62

Matsyapurāṇa 69.62

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [69.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.69.62)

idameva kṛtaṃ mahendramukhyair vasubhirdevasurāribhistathā tu  
phalamasya na śakyate 'bhivaktuṃ yadi jihvāyutakoṭayo mukhe syuḥ //

> In former times, the same ordinance was observed by Mahendra and other gods, by the Vasus and by Asuras. No one, even with a thousand tongues, can adequately describe its effect.—62.  
> — 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.69.p36) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.69.62) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.23.69) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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