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# Matsyapurana 20.37

Matsyapurāṇa 20.37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.20.37)

\*sūta uvāca  
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sā prasannābhavattataḥ  
ātmānam arpayāmāsa mohanāya pipīlikā //

> Sûta said that on hearing the flattering words of her lord, the ant dismissed all her rage and offered herself to him.—37.  
> — 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.p18) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.20.37) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.19.37) — Sanskrit

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