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50 passagesनासां कश्चिद् अगम्यो ऽस्ति नासां च वयसि स्थितिः । विरूपं रूपवन्तं वा पुमान् इत्य् एव भुज्यते ॥
No man is inaccessible to them, nor is there any fixedness for them regarding age; whether ugly or handsome, a man is enjoyed simply because he is a man.
रक्तो हि जायते भोग्यो नारीणां शाटिका यथा । घृष्यन्ते यो दशालम्बी नितम्बे विनिवेशितः ॥
For an enamored man indeed becomes something to be enjoyed by women, just as a women’s little garment. In the transmitted second half, the plural verb “are rubbed/chafed” stands with a masculine singular relative expression: “who/which, hanging from the fringe, placed on the hip.” The certain image is of something set on the hip and rubbed or chafed; its exact syntactic connection is unresolved.
अलक्तिको यथा रक्तो निष्पीड्य पुरुषस् तथा । अबलाभिर् बलाद् रक्तः पाद-मूले निपात्यते ॥
Just as lac dye becomes red when pressed out, so a man, reddened or made passionate by women through force, is thrown down at their feet.
एवं स राजा बहुविधं विलप्य तत्-प्रभृति दन्तिलस्य प्रसाद-पराङ्मुखः संजातः । किं बहुना राज-द्वार-प्रवेशो ऽपि तस्य निवारितः । दन्तिलो ऽप्य् अकस्माद् एव प्रसाद-पराङ्मुखम् अवनिपतिम् अवलोक्य चिन्तयामास-अहो साधु चेदम् उच्यते-
Thus the king, having lamented in many ways, from that time onward became turned away from favor toward Dantila. What more? Even his entry through the royal gate was barred. Dantila too, suddenly seeing the king turned away from favor, thought: “Ah, this is well said—”
को ऽर्थान् प्राप्य न गर्वितो विषयिणः कस्यापदो ऽस्तं गताः स्त्रीभिः कस्य न खण्डितं भुवि मनः को नामा राज्ञां प्रियः । कः कालस्य न गोचरान्तर-गतः को ऽर्थी गतो गौरवं को वा दुर्जन-वागुरासु पतितः क्षेमेण यातः पुमान् ॥
Who, having obtained wealth, has not become proud? Of what sensual man have misfortunes gone to an end? Whose mind on earth has not been broken by women? Who indeed is dear to kings? Who has not come within the range of Time? What petitioner has attained honor? Or what man, fallen into the snares of wicked people, has gone away safely?
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