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Matsyapurana 27.11

Matsyapurāṇa 27.11

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Sanskrit

27.11

anāyudhā sāyudhāyāḥ kiṃ tvaṃ kupyasi bhikṣuki
lapsyase pratiyoddhāraṃ na ca tvāṃ gaṇayāmyaham //

Devayânî, in a fit of rage, said : “ O daughter of an Asura ! You being my father’s disciple, how dare you put on my garments. You will never prosper on account of your ignorance of laws of good conduct.”—7. Śarmisṭhâ said: "Your father sits and sleeps at the command of my father; he praises him and asks and answers questions put by my father from his throne, while your father sits humbly on a lower seat. You are the daughter of a father who always begs, sings panegyrics and receives gifts from my father; whilst I am the daughter of one who is always praised, is the giver of gifts, but accept no gifts from any one. You beggar! I do not care a straw for you. How dare you unarmed, show your wrath to me who is armed?"—8-11.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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