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# Matsyapurana 44.6

Matsyapurāṇa 44.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [44.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.44.6)

\*kārtavīrya uvāca  
na śakyāḥ sthāvarāḥ sarve tejasā ca balena ca  
nirdagdhuṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha tena tvāṃ praṇamāmyaham //

> The King.—O God! I have not the power with all my energy or strength to cook the entire stable objects of the world as thy food, so I bow down to thee.—6.  
> — 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.44.p5) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.44.6) — English, machine translation

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