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# Matsyapurana 32.18

Matsyapurāṇa 32.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.18)

dṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ tu bālānāṃ praṇayaṃ pārthivaṃ prati  
buddhvā ca tattvato devī śarmiṣṭhāmidamabravīt //

> Devayânî, knowing them to be the sons of the king, went and spoke to Śarmiṣṭhâ :—“You liar! why do you incur my displeasure, in spite of being my dependent? Do you not fear me, and dare you continue to follow your Asurik ways?”—18-19.  
> — 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.32.p9) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.18) — English, machine translation

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