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[ 72*2tiny) in the beginning (at first, in the initial stage) alone, but they assume huge proportions later on.
72*2) If the dear one is not seen, there is uneasiness, if the dear one is seen, there is jealousy; if the dear one is not seen (?).. there is haughtiness; if the dear one has gone far away, there is wretchedness (misery). Oh friend, whence can there be (any) happiness from the dear one (in any circumstances)?
72*3) "To-day I am in my monthly course and you too are eager for a kiss. (Therefore) kiss in such a manner that you will not touch (any other part of my body)”; saying so she offered her: lower lip (to her dear consort).
72*4) Oh cruel one, that damsel rests her forehead on her hand and the poor creature does not even for a moment leave her bed-stead (@zat), and hence she may be said to have become, bea cause of you (for your sake), a female ascetic of the Kāpālika sect, who carries a skull (as a begging bowl) in her hand and does not even for a moment leave off her staff (called aas).
72*5) There is nothing insurmountable (in this world) for (genuine) love: (even) the ocean is crossed, even blazing fire is. entered and even death is courted (solicited).
72*6) Do not suppose that your lotus-like face was forgotten by me, when you had departed to a remote land (gone abroad on a journey). My skeleton (body) was stalking about empty, but my soul (mind) was with you (all along).
72*7) The house causes uneasiness; the shrine (temple). produces restlessness; even the palace irks (causes worry). Oh: fair lady, the whole earth bounded by the oceans causes annoyance in the absence of the one dear consort.
72*8) In the midst of wide-spreading, dense darkness (on a cloudy, rainy night), the path (to be traversed) is seen because of the (occasional) flashes of lightning (in the case of ordinary people). But in the case of women going out to meet theirlovers, it is their love that illumines (reveals) every thing that is and is not (on the way).
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