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# Matsyapurana 27.26

Matsyapurāṇa 27.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.26)

\*śaunaka uvāca  
sā tu vai tvaritaṃ gatvā ghūrṇikāsuramandiram  
dṛṣṭvā kāvyamuvācedaṃ kampamānā vicetanā //

> Devayânî, thus abused and full of sorrow, commanded her maid, Ghurṇikâ, who had returned in search of her, thus:—"go quickly, O Ghurṇikâ, and acquint my father with all that has happened, and also tell him that I have made up my mind not to enter the King Vriṣaparvan's city."—24-25. Śaunaka said.—Ghūrṇikā instantly repaired to the palace of the Asura and seeing the high priest Śukra there, said to him trembling and confusedly :—  
> — 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.27.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.27.26) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.73.25) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.26.26) — Sanskrit

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