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Matsyapurana 154.217

Matsyapurāṇa 154.217

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Sanskrit

154.217

*śakra uvāca
vayaṃ pramāṇāste hyatra ratikānta na saṃśayaḥ
saṃdeśena vinā śaktir apakārasya neṣyate
kasyacic ca kvaciddṛṣṭaṃ sāmarthyaṃ na tu sarvataḥ //

Hearing those words, Indra said to Cupid—"Lord of Rati! we are your Superiors here No doubt, the ironsmith has no other power than to make weapons Every man has some particular capacity, but no one can possess all the capacities"—217 218

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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