[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 1.57.54-56 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.57.54-56 Mahābhārata 1.57.54-56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.57.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.54) yā kanyā duhitā tasyā matsyā matsyasagandhinī | rājñā dattātha dāśāya iyaṃ tava bhavatviti | rūpasattvasamāyuktā sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ || 54 || > "The fish-smelling daughter of the Apsara in her piscatorial form was then given by the king unto the fishermen, saying, 'Let this one be thy daughter.' That girl was known by the name of Satyavati. And gifted with great beauty and possessed of every virtue, she of agreeable smiles, owing to contact with fishermen, was for some time of the fishy smell. Wishing to serve her (foster) father she plied a boat on the waters of the Yamuna. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa ### [1.57.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.55) sā tu satyavatī nāma matsyaghātyabhisaṃśrayāt | āsīnmatsyasagandhaiva kaṃcitkālaṃ śucismitā || 55 || ### [1.57.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.56) śuśrūṣārthaṃ piturnāvaṃ tāṃ tu vāhayatīṃ jale | tīrthayātrāṃ parikrāmannapaśyadvai parāśaraḥ || 56 || ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.63.13) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Bhāratabhāvadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.1.63.67) — Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara 1650, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.64.82) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.63.67) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.54-56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.57.54-56) · Pramāṇa