The Chachnāma (Fatḥnāma-yi Sind) 47.1

47.1

It is related by some respectable and worthy people that, when Jaisiah son of Dahir arrived at the fortified town of Kurij with 700 men, cavalry and infantry, the King of Kurij received him well, showed him proper respect, and gave him hopes and promises, and told him: or outsid are monks by or. look up, an. any need of questioning? A young and beautiful woman has come, at the dead of night, to visit a prince like you, and has awakened you from your sweet slumber, and wishes to lie with you under the same sheet, even a beauty like myself, whose amorous blandishments and gestures can fascinate the world, and for union with whom the whole world is mad. This should have revealed itself fully to your mind, and should not have remained concealed from it. You should consider this good luck to be a godsend till the dawning of the day.’ Jaisiah said: “O princess, we dare not associate with any woman other than our own lawfully married wife. We can never do such a thing, as we are Brahmins and pious ascetics. Such a wicked deed is not agreeable to the moral taste of great and respectable persons or pious men of learning or good and virtuous people. Have a care that you do not defile me with such a sin.” Howsoever much Janki grew importunate, Jaisiah paid no attention to her, and firmly rejected her proposal.