The World of Courtesans c10.202

c10.202

He is called the purloiner of state property, a bison and an inflated skin bag. The fellow had seduced the mistress of the reader (*pustakavachaka*). She used to serve as a *chamara*-holder to the image of Ganga and Yamuna. But the matter did not end here. The mother of the woman dragged him to the court. When he is asked by the Vita whether he had won the case Upagupta says: "The situation in the court is that the judge Vishnudasa sits and meditates; his brother Kanka accuses me of bribery and he has just punished me with a beating. On the other hand Vishnudasa scolds me and dozes in the court. There the officers, the record keeper and clerks all demand money. Even the pious who have been asking for money for some time now have just caught me."