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# Matsyapurana 27.30

Matsyapurāṇa 27.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.27.30)

ātmadoṣair niyacchanti sarve duḥkhasukhe janāḥ  
manye duścaritaṃ te 'sti tasyeyaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā //

> On meeting Devayânî face to face in that forest, Śukra embraced her with open arms and sorrowfully said : “Every being reaps the harvest of pain and pleasure in this world, according to his actions; consequently, I look upon this affair, as Śarmiṣṭhâ taking revenge upon you for some evil deed of yours.”—29-30.  
> — 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.p12) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.27.30) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.73.29) — Sanskrit
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.26.30) — Sanskrit

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