Shukasaptati 57.5

57.5

avantopuryāṃ vikramārko nṛpaḥ /
tasya candralekhānāmnī rājñī /
sā rājapaṇḍitaṃ śubhaṅkaranāmānaṃ kāmārtā iyeṣa ramate ca dūtīdāsīviparyayāt /
nityaṃ tadgṛhaṃ gatvā yadṛcchayā krīḍate /
evaṃ ca vilasatostayoḥ paṇḍitarājñyoḥ prāvṛṭkālaḥ samāyayau /
yatra ca-

There was a king called Vikramârka, and his wife's name was Chandralekhâ. She took a violent fancy to one of the king's wise men, a certain Subhakara, and used to correspond with him frequently. Besides this she was always making assignations with him and going to his house. One night in the rainy season the queen started to visit Subhakara. " The king of the rains was come; the noise of thunder the drums that heralded his approach; the roaring of the clouds the chorus of singers that went before him; the flashes of lightning his victorious banners. The dark days, the floods of rain, the oceans of mud, the flashing of the lightning. These things stand in the way and prevent women meeting their lovers."