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Matsya Purana 251.8

Matsyapurāṇa 251.8

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Sanskrit

251.8

strīrūpamatulaṃ kṛtvā dānavānabhisaṃsṛtaḥ.
tatastadamṛtaṃ tasyai daduste mūḍhacetanāḥ.
striyai dānavadaiteyāḥ sarve tadgatamānasāḥ .. 251.8..

And He fascinated the demons who being deluded, placed the pitcher of nectar into the hands of the Lord and then ran towards the Devas to fight with them, with various arms in their hands. In the meantime the Lord most ingeniously brought the pot of nectar before the Devas and the demons when the Devas began to drink it. The demon Râhu assumed the form of a Deva took his seat along with the Devas and was going to drink the nectar.—8-12

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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