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# Matsyapurana 61.28

Matsyapurāṇa 61.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [61.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.61.28)

gacchantī cāmbaraṃ tadvat stokamindīvarekṣaṇā  
varuṇena dhṛtā paścād varuṇaṃ nābhyanandata //

> Afterwards, the lotus-eyed Urvaśî, while moving in the sky slowly, was caught by Varuṇa, who slowly pulled her by her cloth, at which she told Him : “Your action is not proper. Because I have accepted Mitra first, and consequently I cannot be your wife, O Varuṇa.” Varuṇa told her, “Keep me at least in your favor and then go elsewhere.”—28-29.  
> — 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.61.p10-2) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.61.28) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.60.28) — Sanskrit

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