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31LHET-84.7 is, with the requisite explicitness of antithesis. At least 4 stanzas out of the 152 that Kosambi collects next (nos. 222, 223, 224, 257) do the same. I do not think we need any additional proof to ascertain that BH recognized the dilemma for what it is and that the dilemma weighed heavily with him.' We come across lines such as the following, for example:
satyam janā vacmi, na pakşa-pätät, lokeșu saptasy api tathyam etat / nānyam manohāri nitambinibhyo duhkhaika-hetur na ca kaścid anyaḥ 1181//? "I do indeed speak without bias, this is acknowledged as truth among men: Nothing enthralls us like an ample-hipped woman; nothing else causes such pain.” (Miller 1967:63 = 1990:60). kim iha bahubhir uktair yukti-sūnyaiḥ pralāpair dvayam iha purusāņām sarvadā sevaniyam / abhinavu-mada-lila-lalasam sundariņām stana-bhara-parikhinnam yauvanam vā vanam vā //85/1 "Why all these words and empty prattle ? Only two worlds are worth a man's devotion: the youth of beautiful women wearied by heavy breasts and full of fresh wine's excitement, or the forest.” (Miller 1990:61.)18 āvāsaḥ kriyatām gānge pāpa-vāriņi väriņi / stana-madhye larunyā vā mano-hāriņi hāriņi // 135 // "Rest yourself on a shore of the Ganges whose waters ward off sin, or between the breasts of a maid
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