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# Matsyapurana 20.35

Matsyapurāṇa 20.35

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.35)

\*pipīlika uvāca  
tvatsādṛśyānmayā dattam anyasyai varavarṇini  
tadekamaparādhaṃ me kṣantumarhasi bhāmini //

> The ant said "Dear! I mistook her for you as she resembled you so minutely and through this over sight I feasted her with sweets. This is however my first fault which you should forget and forgive. I shall never repeat such a blunder, I promise this sincerely, be pleased, I fall at your feet.”—35-36.  
> — 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.20.p17) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.35) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.10.80) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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