Matsyapurana 148.18

148.18

*tāraka uvāca
devabhūtamanovāsa vetsi jantuviceṣṭitam
kṛtapratikṛtākāṅkṣī jigīṣuḥ prāyaśo janaḥ //

Taraka said —"Lord! you know what is in the mind of everyone Every one wishes to conquer his enemy in revenge Natural enmity exists between the Devas and ourselves For the former have driven away the latter from everywhere and well nigh annihilated them , I, therefore, long to be able to be the sole deliverer of the Asuras through your grace That I should not die at anybody's hands and by any kind of arms is the desire that is uupermost in my mind I do not want any other thing O, Lord of Devas !-grant this boon to me "-17 21