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617) On seeing the youth (sitting) in the midst of friends, why did the grown-up (adult) lady close the blooming lotus: (full-blown lotus) and turn it into a bud with her hand?
618) The hunter, having killed a mighty elephant with one single arrow, washes the arrow (in water) and drinks the water (with which he washed it)-say, why does he do so?
619) The fawn-eyed lady possessed of fully developed breasts, does not, while sharing a common bed with her consort, embrace him, who had applied saffron-paste to his body-say, why?
620) Oh you who are bearing on your thighs the red marks (prints) of her lac-painted feet, you who are carrying portions of the collyrium (from her eyes) on your feet, and you who are carrying on your back a series of the prints of the tilaka mark on her fore-head-say, in what poses (or modes) did you have intercourse with her?
621) When the husband was about to go on a journey, on the eve of their first love-meeting (honey-moon), in the spring: season, and when both of them were in the prime of their youthful age, she closely looked at (inspected) his head-can you say why ?
622) If the brother-in-law said to a woman with a charming face "Take the sword in your hand and go to the king's palace (as a proxy to represent my brother and to report on duty in his place), why does she smile and cast a glance at her bed?
623) If the mother-in-law said to her daughter-in-law possessed of a charming face, "Dear girl, put up a lamp in the chamber of your dear consort", why does she smile and look (in a puzzled manner) at her heart?
624) When her friends said to her "Your husband is like an empty temple" (i. e. like a temple devoid of the idol or image of the deity, that is, devoid of the male organ), the lady with a charming face feels more elated (picud) than ever (about her good luck)-say, why?
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