[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.c19.87 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.87 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c19.87 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.87) 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. - [Previous: v2.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.86) - [Next: v2.c19.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.88) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.135.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c19.87) · Pramāṇa