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# Matsyapurana 24.41

Matsyapurāṇa 24.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.24.41)

svāmī bhava tvamasmākaṃ saṃgrāme nāśaya dviṣaḥ  
tato vināśitāḥ sarve ye 'vadhyā vajrapāṇinā //

> The Asuras also approached him with a similar request, but Raji had accepted the invitation of the Devas so he refused the proposal of the Asuras. The Devas then entreated him to lead their army and destroy the Asuras. The king then killed those Asuras who could not be conquered even by Indra.—40-41.  
> — 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.24.p17) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.24.41) — English, machine translation

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