[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.c18.79 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.79 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.79 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.79) All this suffering and more, too, she has to bear,⁴ for though she is a soul of fire, and a wonder of beauty, yet, like so many of her kind, she is unhappy in her marriage, and this through her own fault—the only man that is worthy of her, Karṇa who is made for her, she scornfully rejects in a supercilious blindness, and clings to a Brahman beggar.⁵ One husband was what - [Previous: v2.c18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.78) - [Next: v2.c18.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.80) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.79) · Pramāṇa