Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.87

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² Or: “It is on women that the good rests; all the joys of love, service, homage, and worship ye shall zealously give unto them” (with āyatta cp. also vii, 135.1; ix, 23.91). If this verse is set close to what follows, it could also mean: “All your joys of love, service and worship (of the gods? of husband and wife?) must depend on them.” The imperative sounds odd here.