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174. For translation vide SPS. No. (120.364) supra
175. O, lady in captivity, the sound that you heard just now is the clap of thunder
reverberated by the unseasonal clouds and not, as you seem to expect, the twanging sound of your husband's bow-string. Therefore, there is no reason whatever for the excitement that you visibly show on your skin.
176. For translation vide SPS. No. (221.88) supra.
177. For translation vide SPS. No. (190.81) supra 178. For translation vide SPS. No. (992.227) supra 179. For translation vide SPS. No. (616.165) supra 180. For translation vide SPS. No. (217.87) supra. 181. For translation vide SPS. No. (216.86) supra 182. For translation vide SPS. No. (218.87) supra.
183. O, you (young woman), who are an expert in cooking do not feel distressed if the fire does not burn in a flame but fills the kitchen with smoke it has been made fragrant by the sweet smell of the patala flowers that your mouth breathes.
184. The gaze of the hunter's (elder) wife, heavy with tears, rests on the face of the newly-wed (younger) wife hard to look at, as it (the face) has been adorned with the ear-ornament of creeper-like (i.e., tender) parings of the bow of husband.
185. For translation vide SPS. No. (273.100) supra 186. For translation vide SPS. No. (638.169) supra 187. For translation vide SPS. No. (1327.286) supra 188. For translation vide SPS. No. (530.150) supra
189. For translation vide SPS. No. (415.128) supra.
190. On this day of festival, today, ever since she heard her dear husband call her
