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Markandeyapurana 16.21

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 16.21

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Sanskrit

16.21

dṛṣṭā sūryodaye bālā rātriśceyamupāgatā /
darśanānantaraṃ sā me hṛdayānnāpasarpati //

Being also of a constantly roaming disposition, the brāhman ordered his wife—“Do thou bring me to her dwelling. Procure for me that courtezan whom I saw living in her house in the high-way, O religious one; she indeed dwells in my heart. I saw the maiden at sunrise, and here is night come upon us. She does not depart from my heart, ever since I saw her. If she, lovely in every limb, with large hips and swelling breasts and slender body, does not embrace me, then thou wilt indeed behold me die. Beautiful is love among mankind; and she is courted by many; and I am unable to go; it appears perplexing to me.”

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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