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# Matsyapurana 32.1

Matsyapurāṇa 32.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.32.1)

\*śaunaka uvāca  
śrutvā kumāraṃ jātaṃ sā devayānī śucismitā  
cintayāviṣṭaduḥkhārtā śarmiṣṭhāṃ prati bhārata //

> Śaunaka said:—On hearing the news of Śarmiṣṭhâ giving birth to a child, Devayânî became deeply afflicted and went and asked her, why she committed that sin by being a slave to Cupid.—1-2.  
> — 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.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.32.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.1.78.1) — Sanskrit

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