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लक्ष्मीः कुलटेव कुतूहलात् । |
17. Riches (Laksmi) though seated in the vicinity of her husband looks at another (man) under (some) pretext, like a prostitute, desirous of union with him, out of curiosity.
18. (Rama's) beloved wife is the most virtuous of young women, walking (gracefully) like a swan, slender like the stalk of dirva grass, and having a (broad) girth like that of a banyan tree.
19. He who neither beholds her face, nor kisses her lip, nor hears her remarks is endowed with senses in vain.
20. She is the (very) essence of the objects of the senses; happiness is (only) his to whom she belongs ; plunging into the bed with any other lovely lady is, I think, despicable.
21 . I do not behold anyone to whose mind she would not be an agitator; be blessed by acquiring her at the cost of even the three worlds.
22. Not even Saci, nor Parvati, nor Satarupa, nor Rohini, nor the wife of Varuna, nor the spouse of Agni is as attractive as she.”
