Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c20.91

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his eyes; and he spoke to the sad youth: ‘Art thou not, then, making the firewood ready, my dear one? And hast thou made the sacrifice by fire to-day? Hast thou well washed the sacrificial ladles, and put the cow, that yields the sacrificial milk, with her calf? It would seem, indeed, that thou art not as before. Thou art sunk in melancholy thoughts, and distraught; wherefore to-day art thou saddened beyond all measure? I ask thee: Who came hither to-day?’” Rishyaçṛiṅga spoke: