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of death which are never at ease, thunderbolt without clouds. (25)
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[29] A woman is the residence of the family of false accusations; a woman is the field of evil actions in this world; a woman is the gate of evil condition; is the source of evil things. (26)
a woman
Women are as fickle as lightning and like poison sweet on the face; they are ruthless like the god of death and like sin worthy to be abandoned. (27)
So enough of her to me. Thinking that she might not even give me over, in fact, to him, he took out all the gold that was on her body and abandoned her.
She thought, "In spite of all this, this is indeed nice that he (i. e. Dharana) is killed. So I shall go elsewhere". She proceeded to the bank of the river. Dharana with the eyes fully wide under the influence of joy, saw her. He spoke to her, "O beautiful one, whence have you come ?" Then she proceeded to weep.
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He said to her, O beautiful one, do not weep. This worldly existence is such.
