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50 passagesताडिता अपि दण्डेन शस्त्रैर् अपि विखण्डिताः । न वशं योषितो यान्ति न दानैर् न च संस्तवैः ॥
Even when beaten with a staff and even when cut to pieces with weapons, women do not come under control—not through gifts and not through flattering words.
आस्तां तावत् किम् अन्येन दौरात्म्येनेह योषिताम् । विधृतं स्वोदरेणापि घ्नन्ति पुत्रम् अपि स्वकम् ॥
Let that suffice for now; what need is there here for another example of women's wickedness? They kill even the son carried in their own womb, even their own son.
रूक्षायां स्नेह-सद्-भावं कठोरायां सुमार्दवम् । नीरसायां रसं बालो बालिकायां विकल्पयेत् ॥
A boy should imagine true affection in a dry girl, great tenderness in a harsh girl, and flavor in a flavorless girl.
मकर आह-भो मित्र ! अस्त्व् एतत् । परं किं करोमि ? ममानर्थ-द्वयम् एतत् सञ्जातम् । एकस् तावद् गृह-भङ्गः । अपरस् त्वद्-विधेन मित्रेण सह चित्त-विश्लेषः । अथवा भवत्य् एवं दैव-योगात् । उक्तं च यतः-
Makara said: “O friend, let this be so. But what am I to do? This twofold misfortune of mine has arisen: first, the breaking-up of my household; and second, a severance of heart with a friend of your kind. Or rather, such a thing does indeed happen through the conjunction of fate. And it is said, since—”
यादृशं मम पाण्डित्यं तादृशं द्विगुणं तव । नाभूज् जारो न भर्ता च किं निरीक्षसि नग्निके ॥
“As my cleverness is, so is yours, twice as much. There was neither a lover nor a husband; what are you looking at, little naked woman?”
Panchatantra
Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release
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