[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) › v2.c13.80.4 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.80.4 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c13.80.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.80.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.80.4) I have brought this evil on myself, since I did not throw myself then from Bhīshma's chariot while the dreadful fight for Çālva was going on ; this is the result which now shows itself—that I have come to the wretched plight of some blind woman. Shame on Bhīshma ! Shame on my foolish father with his blinded mind, who has put me on offer like a public harlot for the purchase price of heroic strength !¹ Shame on myself ! Shame on the king of the Çālvas ! Shame, too, on the Maker ! For through their evil conduct² I have fallen into the very depths of disaster. Come what may, man gets his allotted fate. But the beginning of this misfortune of mine is Bhīshma, son of Çāntanu. I look on it as right and fitting to make Bhīshma pay for it, whether my instrument be asceticism or the fight ; for I hold him to be the cause of my suffering.' ” - [Previous: v2.c13.80.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.80.3) - [Next: v2.c13.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.81) - [Up: v2.c13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.80) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.80.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c13.80.4) · Pramāṇa