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the pictures of their sexual intercourses. She felt that one of two brothers, Jinaraksita was feeling slightly tempted. So she continued. "Jinapalita never really loved me but I was very much fond of Jinaraksita and I knew how much he cared for me. If your brother had decided to leave me weeping and crying and refuses to be touched by my laments, Oh Jinaraksita, why shouldn't you take pity on me?" Then she approached them very closely and
lled their ears with sounds of her various ornaments like girdle and anklets and bracelets. She also sprinkled on both these brothers perfumed water which was supposed to be very gratifying to the mind as well as to the body. She also showered upon them flowers of all seasons spreading a variety of fragrant smells. By way of special temptation to Jinaraksita, she addressed him as darling, "charmer of my body" "Lord of my body", "Master of my mind" "O hard hearted one," "O ungrateful and shameless fellow" and made afervent appeal to show her compassion. She also made an appeal to his mind by emphasizing how lonely she had been in life without any kinsman to support her. She further said that a man who was in fact a repository of merits ought to have feelings of pity for a wretch like her : "Please come back and if I have done any wrong you will kindly forgive me," she begged, But at the same time, she added a dreadful threat, "If you heed me not, I shall throw and kill myself in your presence, in this ocean which is like a crowded house for innumerable fish, sharks, crocodiles and various other marine monsters." Then she changed the tone of her voice and struck a delicate note, "I have a great longing to look at your face which has the beauty of the full-orbed moon, in a cloudless sky. Your eyes are lovely like a cluster of fresh petals of lotuses in the autumn. I have come to drink it in. Therefore look at me so that I can get a glimpse of your lotus like face." Hearing these pleasing and flattering words, though interspersed with wicked and sinister words, and occasionally reminding him of the sensual pleasures that they had indulged in, the young man Jinaraksita felt the spell of magic being cast on him. His mind dwelt on her beautiful body with all its curves and softness on her passionate embraces, on her flirtatious glances, in fact on every form of his infatuation for her and wavered in his decision to go home. He looked back at her and at that very
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