A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s13.86

v3.c35.s13.86

“What message can I send to you ? ‘You are very dear to me’—will be tautological. ‘I am yours’—will be a silly propo ition. ‘I have deep affection for you’—will be the talk of a prostitute. ‘Without you I cannot live’—will be a contradiction to actuality. ‘I am overtaken by Cupid’—this will be impertinent. ‘I have been forcibly abducted’—this will be impudence of a captive girl. ‘You must come’—this will be expressive of pride on account of good luck. ‘I come of my own accord’—this will be fickleness of a woman. ‘This slave is not devoted to anybody else’—this will be my meanness to report my own devotion. ‘I do not send message for fear of refusal’—this will be bringing to sense a senseless person.—‘I shall suffer terrible pains in case I lead an undesired life’—this will be excessive familiarity. ‘You will come to know of my love through (my) death’—this will be an impossibility”¹.