[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) › 7.61 # Matsyapurana 7.61 Matsyapurāṇa 7.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.61) eko 'pyanekatāmāpa yasmādudarago 'pyalam avadhyā nūnamete vai tasmāddevā bhavantviti // > Indra came to know, through His Yogic powers, that it was on account of Diti’s observance of the Dvâdaśî fast and worship of Kâma that His weapon could not destroy her child in the womb. His own thoughts began to oppress Him. He said to Himself that, instead of one, they multiplied into forty-nine. Devas could not destroy them. It would be safer to make them Devas.—59-61. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.60) - [Next: 7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.62) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.7.p37) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.7.61) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.7.63) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.7.61) · Pramāṇa