Kathasaritsagara 1.2.50.p1

1.2.50.p1

- -| - - v -| - v % A pathyā, pādas compounded?
- - - - v -| v - % B correct
v - v -| -| - - -| % C ma-vipulā
v v - - v - v - % D correct

Then, seeing Varsha plunged in meditation within the house, we approached his wife, who shewed us all proper hospitality; her body was emaciated and begrimed, her dress tattered and dirty; she looked like the incarnation of poverty, attracted thither by admiration for the Brahman's virtues. Bending humbly before her, we then told her our circumstances, and the report of her husband's imbecility, which we heard in the city. She exclaimed—"My children, I am not ashamed to tell you the truth; listen! I will relate the whole story," and then she, chaste lady, proceeded to tell us the tale which follows: