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Matsyapurana 47.101

Matsyapurāṇa 47.101

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Sanskrit

47.101

indro 'bravījjahi hyenāṃ yāvannau na dahetprabho
viśeṣaṇābhibhūto 'smi tvatto 'haṃ jahi mā ciram //

At that, both Indra and Viṣṇu were overcome with fear and began to contrive some means of escape. Viṣṇu said to Indra:—“How shall we escape from her?” Indra replied:—“Lord! kill her before she consumes me. I am solely protected by you, destroy her soon without delay.” Viṣṇu thought over the great sin of killing a woman, but, in spite of that, he took up his Sudarśana Chakra to free Himself from that impending calamity.—101-103.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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