Studien Zur Indologie Und Iranistik

Author(s): Gert Klingenschmitt, Albrecht Wezler, Michael Witzel
Publisher: Gert Klingenschmitt, Albrecht Wezler, Michael Witzel

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that 32 and 33 are linked together, beside by a formal element, by their thematic content also.
33 and 34 are connected by means of muha, the face of a mânini and of a virahini respectively.
34 is formally connected with 31 by the 3rd p.pron, and with 38 and 49 by châ(h)f. 34 and 49 describe different situations within the realm of one theme i. e. that of separation: 34 describes the state of the wife at home (the virahina) and 49 the sun-burnt territory, the description of which by association brings to the mind the hardships of the wayfarer. châhî connects these with 38 which describes either a mâninî or a satí. By means of patta 34 is connected with 39 which alludes to the passed unfaithfulness of the wife while her husband was away. In this respect 39 is quite different from 34 in which the woman is portrayed as passively suffering in the absence of her husband.
35 is connected with 28 by diara- (deara- in 28) and with 38 ny nia(a). Both 28 and 35 make use of the description of the relation between the wife and her brother-in-law, but in 28 the wife's unfaithfulness is central, against her faithfulness in 35. On the level of thematic content 28 and 35 are opposite. Furthermore in 35 the brother-inlaw is kept at a distance, in 38 her relatives or the prospective paramour to whom this gâthâ is supposed to have been addressed. 35 is not formally connected with the gâthâ-s that immediately precede or follow, still it might have been placed here because its content is opposite to that of 36, which T grouped in the adaanâ-paddhati (S grouped it in the satf-vrajyâ but this makes less sense.)
36 is formally connected with 30 by damsana (see above under 30) with 38 by duggaa paï, gharins and with 39 by duggaa, pautthavas and saajjiâ. 36 is opposite in thematic content to 38 as can be judged from their inclusion in T in the adaanâ- and kulavahûpaddhati respectively. 39 is not found in T but s, grouped it rightly in the asativrajya, which means that in thematic content it is identical with 36 and opposite to 38.
37 is formally connected with 45 by naf and pûra. According to Gangadhara 37 deals with the expected lifelong faithfulness of the lover (the madhukara), who of course cannot meet this expectation. This could have been the reason why this gâthâ is placed between 36 and 38 which allude to an unfaithful and faithful woman respectively but with which it is not formally connected.
38 is formally connected with 34 by châht, with 35 by nia(a) and with 36 and 39 (see above).