Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c21.6

v2.c21.6

P. 19, l. 8 from end. Devayānī says: "Thy semblance is like a king's, and yet thou speakest the speech of the Brahmans." In his mouth, then, this speech is something unusual. Devayānī's ill-humoured words are made easier to understand in K.: There in several çlokas he praises the wonderful loveliness of Çarmiṣṭhā, and declares that D.'s charms are not to be compared with those of her slave-girl (75.14-17). Here çl. 24 betrays to us that Yayāti's secret reason in rejecting D. is that he wants Ç. for his wife.