[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.c6.148 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.148 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.148 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.148) So, too, calls out Bharadvāja from his tortured soul when his only son is slain: “Happy indeed are the men to whom no son is born, who go their way at their pleasure, without knowing the sorrow for a child” (iii, 137.16). This, however, is but one note from that song which wails and triumphs through the whole post-Vedic literature : “ He only is happy that calls nought his own.” 1 - [Previous: v1.c6.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.147) - [Next: v1.c6.149.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.149.1) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.137.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c6.148) · Pramāṇa