[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) › v1.c5.102 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.102 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c5.102 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.102) the fiery strength and majesty of the sun god, and she, the queen, now fell with confused mind on to the couch. The sun god spoke: "I shall bring it about: thou wilt bear a son who is the first among all that bear arms, and thou wilt be a virgin." Then spoke the young woman, filled with shame, to the sun god, the many-beamed, as he proceeded: "So let it be."¹ When the daughter of the king of the Kunti thus had spoken, prayerful and ashamed, to the sun god, she fell onto that pure couch, overcome in a swoon, like a broken tendril. He of the sharp beams bewildered her with his fiery strength, united with her through his magic power, and made her his own; and the sun god did not dishonour her.² And then the young woman got back her senses again. - [Previous: v1.c5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.101) - [Next: v1.c5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.103) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c5.102) · Pramāṇa