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# Matsyapurana 47.7

Matsyapurāṇa 47.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.47.7)

\*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
ka eṣa vasudevastu devakī ca yaśasvinī  
nandagopaśca kastveṣa yaśodā ca mahāvratā //

> The Sages said:—Sûta! Who were Vasudeva and Devakî, to whom the manifestation of Lord Viṣṇu was born as a son and called them His parents; and who were Nanda and Yaśodâ, who saw the childish freaks of that Divine babe?—7-8.  
> — 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.47.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.47.7) — English, machine translation

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