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# Matsyapurana 47.70

Matsyapurāṇa 47.70

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.70)

rakṣāṃ kāvyena saṃhṛtya devāste 'pyasurārditāḥ  
kāvyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ devā niḥśaṅkamasurāñjahuḥ //

> At that, the Daityas, overpowered with affliction, went and sought the succour of Sukra and were rescued by him instantly. Afterwards they started their operations against the Devas who, defying the support of Śukra, began to annihilate them.—69-70.  
> — 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.47.p25) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.70) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.46.70) — Sanskrit

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