Book Title: Vivagsuyam
Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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________________ The Eleventh Anga [ I. Lect. 2. (a thief who catches animals under the pretext of a cattle-lifter ) who was irreligious (here the rest to be supplied down to ) difficult to be pleased. That cruel cattle-entrapper had a wife named Uppalā who was perfect (in all her limbs, here the rest to be supplied ). Once upon a time that Uppalā, the wife of the cattleentrapper, became pregnant. Then when full three months were over the following desire in pregnancy arose in the mind of that Uppalā, the wife of the cattle-entrapper : “ Blessed, indeed, are those mothers (4) and only they have obtained the real fruit of life and birth who satisfy their pregnancy-desire by tasting, enjoying, eating and distributing to others wine, wine prepared from honey, wine prepared from palm-fruit, a kind of white wine, wine paepared from raw sugar and flowers of dhutaki, and wine prepared from grapes, together with the udders, breasts, testicles, tails, humps, shoulders, ears, eyes, noses, tongues, jaws, dew-laps, pieces of meat roasted on an iron pipe, meat fried in oil, baked meat, dried meat and meat preserved in salt of the many cattle of the city (here the rest to be supplied down to) bulls having masters (or having no masters). Therfore, if I shall also satisfy (here the rest to be supplied down to I shall also be blessed etc. )". Having thought so, she, on account of this pregnancydesire of hers being not satisfied, became emaciated, pained by hunger (because she starved herself on account of not getting her desired food), lean (lit.

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