[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.c18.82 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.82 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c18.82 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.82) she wanted, as every noble woman, and to give all her life and being up to him : five was what she got, and, oh ! greatest sorrow of all, none can be called a proper man—Yudhishṭhira is a poor creature, Arjuna a virtuous puppet of Brahman favour, the two twins hover like shadows through the poem ; it is only through the veins of the kindly, but not altogether polished or quick-witted Berserker Bhīma that red blood flows (cp. v, 90.46 ; K, iv, 22.115). - [Previous: v2.c18.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.81) - [Next: v2.c18.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.83) - [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.5.90) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c18.82) · Pramāṇa