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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
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61. She dwells in your heart, she alone is in your eyes and in your words. O, charming
one, can there be any room for poor women like us ?
62. O, handsome one, you are fair-complexioned, yet you have tinged my heart
red; and although I have placed you in my so coloured heart, your complexion has not been affected at all.
63. There is no one in this village who would stop this young woman from going
around; she spreads her radiant beauty and 'steals the hearts of young men, she is a thief.
64. As it is deep, as it is full of jewels, and as it is pure in colour, why hasn't this
ocean been made by the Creator of sweet water ?
