[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.c18.64 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.64 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.64 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.64) There in the lonely forest she does her best to bring the listless Yudhishṭhira, always chattering of virtue and forbearance, to action. She describes to him how evil the foes are, she boldly attacks the very Godhead: "Not as a mother, or a father, O king, does the Maker act towards beings. As though in anger he acts by them like anyone else here on earth" (iii, 30.38). But man shall be up and doing, not fall a victim - [Previous: v2.c18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.63) - [Next: v2.c18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.65) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.30.38) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.64) · Pramāṇa