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# Samayamatrika 2.91

Samayamātṛkā 2.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.satire.samayamatrka.2.91)

evaṃ kṛtvā lavaṇasaraṇau bhārikaṃ bhartṛsaṃjñaṃ  
tasminnidrāvaśamupagate rātrimanyaiḥ kṣipantī .  
prātarbaddhvā pṛthukaṭitaṭaṃ saṅkaṭe dīrghadāmnā  
mūrdhnā bhāraṃ divasamakhilaṃ sā vilāsairuvāha ..91..

> Making a porter her nominal husband on the Salt Route in this manner, / while he surrendered to sleep, she passed the night with other men; / in the morning, tying up her broad hips with a long rope in the narrow pass, / she carried the burden upon her head throughout the entire day with playful grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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