A History of Sanskrit Literature c15.s2.13
A History of Sanskrit Literature c15.s2.13
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c15.s2.13
‘The beloved of thy life standeth without, his head bowed down drawing figures on the ground; thy friends can eat nothing, their eyes are swollen with constant weeping; the parrots in their cages no more laugh or speak, and thine own state is this! Ah, lay aside thine anger, o hard-hearted maiden.’ And the punishment of the peccant lover is often sheer joy to both of them and her friends: