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Matsyapurana 154.297

Matsyapurāṇa 154.297

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Sanskrit

154.297

tato 'ntarikṣe divyā vāg abhūdbhuvanabhūtale
umeti capale putri tvayoktā tanayā tataḥ //

Hearing such words of Parvatî, Himâchala stammered out with emotions " Daughter! Umâ! Chapalâ! Your body is too delicate to bear the brunt of asceticism Do not make such an attempt Tapasyâ is very hard and painful indeed What will be done will surely come to pass without fail Even without any attempt future things suddenly come to pass So, O daughter! get up, let us go home We will then think what ought to be done Even at this, the daughter did not agree to return home He was then plunged in anxieties and at that very instant, a voice from the welkin was heard "Himachala! Your daughter will be known in the world under the name of Umâ and Chapalâ Your daughter shall attain by her mere thinking, all the desires ' —293 299

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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