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# Skandapurana 7.4.52\_16

Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [7.4.52\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_16)

uvāca na bibhemīti bhūyo bhūyo janārdanam .  
nāhaṃ vakṣye bibhemīti noktaṃ nāpyucyate mayā . .83 . .  
sanatkumāra uvāca  
evamuktaścakrapāṇiścyāvaniṃ134 krodhamūrcchitaḥ135 .  
uvāca cakramudyamya bhayamasya vidarśayan ..84. .  
evameva hi kartavyā ye bhūtvā136 balavattarāḥ .  
asvāmina iva premṇā bruvate137 durbalaṃ janam138 . .85 ..

> said again and again to Janārdana, “I am not afraid! / I will not say, ‘I am afraid’; it has not been said, nor will it be said by me.” / Sanatkumāra said: / Addressed thus, the discus-wielder \[Viṣṇu\], overwhelmed by anger toward Cyāvana's son, / raised his discus, striking fear into him, and said: / “Indeed, those must be treated thus who, having become stronger, / speak out of affection to a weak person as if they were not their master!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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