________________ Translation ly, this (disease of) leprosy has come (lit. produced) oven to me, on account of the bad com. pany (ot lepers). " (165) : : Then that Mayana, whose face had become pale (lit. turbid), on account of the water of the tears of her eyes, and who had placed her head on the feet of her husband, said these words : (166) "Oh lord ! tell (lit. order) me anything, but do not speak again these words which give pain to my mind. (167) " Moreover, in the first place, how impure is the birth as a woman ? and if that is devoid of even chastity in this world, (then) certainly know it to be foul and (very impure) like sour-gruel. (168) "Chastity alone is the ornament of women, it alone is (their) all-in-all; it is as ( dear to them as) life, and to them) nothing is more beautiful than chastity. (169) " Therefore, oh, lord! know (this) for certain ( that ) uptil my death, you (and you ) alone are my place of shelter, and no other; then let whatever happens, happen." (170) (Then), in order to test the unswerving courage of her, who was thus very firm (in her)
