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the banner of the victory of the Kali Age, the co-student of the poisonous creeper, the uterine sister of the slaughter house, the friend of cat, the companion of wolves, the paternal aunt of witches, the sister of female serpents, the creation of vileness, the fear even of Fear, the (Goddess) Māri even of Death, the cause of trouble even to Trouble, the home of greed and the flame of the sub-marine fire. of the blood-ocean.
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It seems the cat learnt deceitful glancing from her, the tiger attacking, vulture quickness, the she-mice the love for desired objects, and the snakes finding of holes. She is always crooked and erring like the crescent moon which is curved and resorts to night»; due to the influence of her instructions even the unfortunate harlots who have no beauty and wealth are able to make their paramours act like servants by making them do what they desire; who, being as crooked as the point of the parrot's beak, impoverishes even the thoughtful by draining off his resources like eating of corn after removing the husk.
She deceives even the clever, unsettles even the steady. makes a fool even of the wise, destroys even the learned, dances about even the dhurta, makes the clever foolish, cheats even the talented, surpasses even the wise, renders weak even the daring; and wastes even the skilful. She abandons (a man) after taking away the quintessence like the barber who after taking away the dye and throws away the dry alaktaka-brush; she falsifies even the teachings of Sukra and Angirasa; she desires to swallow even learned brāhmanas; she is fond of dry meat like a demonness and she does not leave out even the bones; she is an addict to drinking wine like a bee which is greedy of drinking honey»; she is sweet in speech, wicked in mind, pleasant outwardly. cruel in actions, straightforward in talking, and not firm in keeping the promises given to the paramours. She is huge in size, petty in actions, long in stature, mean in nature, gross in body, subtle in actions. (17) She cries heartbreakingly to provoke those present like an actress who cries to impress the audience.
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Sometimes she laughs without a cause. At times she scolds her daughter, at times she propitiates her, sometimes she quarrels with her, sometimes instructs her. sometimes drives her out of the home and sometimes even prevents her going out. She drives away the poor, and abandons the pauperised like the dead. She disregards people after knowing their worth as one desirous of liberation becomes indifferent towards the world after knowing its essence; her body is filled with air like the bellows of the blacksmith, being herself desirous of wealth she scorns her own daughter for being (favourable) towards a poor person. The crane does not leave her form, the wolf does not leave her deceitful actions, the panther does not
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