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Samayamatrika 3.36

Samayamātṛkā 3.36

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Sanskrit

3.36

nāsmadgehapraveśaḥ saguṇajanakathākelimātropacārair
vyāpārārambhasārapravasadavasare vāsare kāmukānām .
vṛttirvṛttānurodhātkathamapi viditādgṛhyate yāmavatyāṃ
ityuccaiḥ kācidūce bahugatagaṇikāvargagarvopaśāntyai ..36..

and as a woman said loudly, in order to quell the pride of a crowd of common courtesans: / "There is no entrance into our house merely with the courtesy of playful talk about virtuous men, / when paramours depart at the time for starting business; / our livelihood is accepted during the night from a well-known man, somehow or other, in deference to conduct!"

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