[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 41.16 # Matsyapurana 41.16 Matsyapurāṇa 41.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.16) \*yayātiruvāca nu tulyatejāḥ sukṛtaṃ hi kāmaye yogakṣemaṃ pārthivātpārthivaḥ san daivādeśādāpadaṃ prāpya vidvāṃś carennṛśaṃsaṃ hi na jātu rājā // > Yayâti.—"King! an equally valiant king does not accept help and support from his compeer. A king, even getting into trouble through accident, should never do anything undignified. The thinker of Dharma, the knower of Dharma and fame, the learned like myself should never do such a thing as you wish me to do. What has not been done before, I can never do now.”—16-17. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.15) - [Next: 41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.17) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.41.p14) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.41.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.87.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.16) · Pramāṇa