Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.37

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P. 163, middle. That Pāṇḍu is to beget sons by his Yoga power is perhaps not altogether certain. Kuntī's expressions (121.3-5), and her recital seem to invite him to actual union. Tapoyogabalānvitāḥ would then mean: Since thou art endowed with the might of the penitent's Yoga, thou wilt be able to do it in spite of the curse. Manasā, it is true, can be so explained only at the cost of some violence. By means of thy mind, that is, because thou hast such a great manas, perfected furthermore through asceticism? Or: if thou only wilt (through thy wish)?