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# The World of Courtesans c10.11

The World of Courtesans c10.11

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### [c10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.11)

\*The wisest Brahman and the meanest fool\*  
\*Bathe in the selfsame pool;\*  
\*Beneath the peacock, flowering plants bend low,\*  
\*No less beneath the crow;\*  
\*The Brahman, warrior, merchant, sail along\*  
\*With all the vulgar throng.\*  
\*You are the pool, the flowering plant, the boat;\*  
\*And on your beauty every man may dote.\*  
(Ryder, \*I. 32.\*)

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