[2] In the Padma Purana, Matali engages in a philosophical discourse with King Yayati regarding the nature of the soul, old age, and other concepts.

Indra enquired regarding the child's identity, and he told him that he was the son of Shamika, and was competent to drive the former's chariot as he had been blessed by the gandharvas.

[4] In the devas' battle against Bali, featured in the Bhagavata Purana, an asura named Jambha attacked Matali with his burning javelin when the latter rescued Indra.

Matali endured an extreme level of pain, and this caused the enraged Indra to employ his thunderbolt against the asura, beheading him.

He drove Arjuna to Svarga, patiently answering the prince's various questions regarding the presence of great personages during their journey upon the chariot.