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Matsyapurana 31.15

Matsyapurāṇa 31.15

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Sanskrit

31.15

māmabravīttadā śukro devayānīṃ yadāvaham
neyam āhvayitavyā te śayane vārṣaparvaṇī //

Yayâti replied:—"I know all thy qualifications. I know thou art the chaste daughter of the valiant king of the Daityas. Thou art modest, but I cannot look at thee with any feeling of lust, because at the time of Devayânî's marriage Śukra enjoined on me not to invite thee to my bed."—14-15.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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