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robbing him of all his wealth drives him away), is like a bread (cake) of gram (-flour), which is possessed of bright, yellow colour, which is very tasteful in the mouth, which, being devoid of oil, sticks to the palate (throat) while being swallowed and which later on causes gas-trouble (indigestion etc).
562) Full of greed (HST) and extremely crooked, she bears (endures) furious beatings (poundings) and also the impact of the arrow (shaft) (male-organ), and is therefore like a kunțhi (a pair of pincers), which is made of steel (FFIET), is very crooked (curved), endures powerful hammer-strokes, and also the contact with the arrow. A harlot yields to (or is won over by) blows of fists alone.
563) Harlots who visit (patronise) their consorts (for the time being) one after another, set them on fire (enkindle the fire of passion in them) and then extinguish them (i. e. ruin them completely) and then approach others, are like a fire raging in a grassland, which also encircles the trees one after another, sets them on fire and then extinguishes them (i. e. destroys them), and then approaches others.
564) A harlot, who wears a bright and clean (spotless) necklace, who is full of intense (endless) greed and is marked by a thrilled body (while welcoming her patrons) is not won over except with treasure, just as a sword, which has a bright, clean (spotless) edge, which abounds in steel (i. e. is fashioned out of steel), and which looks as if it is covered with horripilation (because of its flashing rays of reflected light), is not tamed (brought under control) except with a sheath.
565) She is intent on amassing money, she is possessed of a beautiful pudendum (u), she is full of greed, she is a fit object of admiration for gallants (dandies) and is an abode of gold and wealth, like a strong box, which holds hoarded treasures, which is fit to be carefully concealed (eat), which is made of steel, is visited by snakes (supposed to guard it), and is an abode of wealth in the form of gold (or abode of gold and other kinds of wealth).
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