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Prakrit Verses in Sanskrit Works on Poetics
the God of Love .)
236. When her husband, who has given offence talks to her, the young wife refuses
to talk; when he holds her, she trembles; when he kisses her she weeps; when he holds her in an embrace she remains frigid.
237. In the festive gathering the simple - minded girl looked at her prospective
husband in such a way that he first caught hold of her heart and then of her hand.
238. The newly married girl, a spoilt child indeed, today did a mean thing - she
said to her husband : "I am afraid to stay alone at home" and prevented him from leaving the house.
(Verse 239 is obscure.)
(Verse 240 is treated in the Notes.)
241. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (197.83) supra.
242. Lo and behold, loveliness not finding room enough in her slender body is
flowing downwards as perspiration over the staircase, as it were, of the three folds above the navel.
243. When her husband misbehaved (committed offence of love) the poor wife
secretly heaved sighs, wept silently in the nights and kept to herself all desires she had cherished.
244. O,fate, I pray, let my husband be involved with other women because men
who are attached to only one woman fail to appreciate her and can't see defects in other women.
245. They do not heave long sighs, they do not weep, they do not become
emaciated because of separation (from you). Happy indeed are those women who do not madly dote on you-obviously a ladies' man !
246. During our amorous games at night she orders me around and her cheeks
glow with joy - But as the morning comes her head bends low in bashfulness, making it difficult to believe that she is the same beloved.
