[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) › 41.18 # Matsyapurana 41.18 Matsyapurāṇa 41.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.18) kuryāmapūrvaṃ na kṛtaṃ yadanyair vivitsamānaḥ kim u tatra sādhuḥ bruvāṇamevaṃ nṛpatiṃ yayātiṃ nṛpottamo vasumānabravīt tam // > Then King Vasumân addressed Yayâti who was talking like that.—18. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam > 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: 41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.17) - [Next: 42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.42.1) - [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.p15) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.41.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.87.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.41.18) · Pramāṇa