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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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49. THE SECTION ON THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN
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462*2) Only today my dear consort has gone abroad on a journey, the unchaste woman-friend (procuress) is far away and Cupid is mocking (tormenting) me. A fire, though breaking out (on the ground) at one's feet, does sometimes climb upto the head.
49. The Section on the Virtuous Woman 471*1) Thrice blessed are noble-born (chaste) ladies, in whose case the poor bee in the form of Cupid (carnal desire) meets its death, the moment it enters the lotus-bud in the form of their mind.
471*2) Disgrace for one's family, deception of one's hushand, loud noise of the drum of infamy (-these are the dangers proceeding from a woman's stepping on the path of vice). Oh female messenger, for the sake of mustard-tiny happiness (pleasure), whoever will damn her soul (expose herself to ridicule or mockery)?
50. The Section on Vachaste Women 496+1) They utter again and again the names of the persons with whom they have formed a relationship (of love); they ask their friends (about those persons). Such people are said to be in love.
496*2) The unchaste woman not having obtained satisfaction from amorous dalliance (says), on seeing a cart in the village: "Thrice blessed is the hub of the wheel in which the axle is always inserted (fixed)!"
49643) The unchaste woman makes merry with boys in her childhood, with young men in her youth, with old men in her old age and with goblins (pišāca) when she is dead.
496*4) "Oh revered fire ! Pardon one crime of mine, namely that I made merry with my husband'--thus does the un. chaste woman make amends for (literally: destroys) her sin having made up her mind to follow her paramour in death.
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