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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
PURPORT
This double-dealing is natural for girls. When they are satisfied within, they externally show dissatisfaction. Such feminine dealings are very palatable to boys who try to make friendships with them.
TEXT 57
कोन कन्या पलाहेन नेवेद्य लहैया । 
    तारे डाकि' कहे शक्र सक्राध हहैया ॥ ८१ ॥
kona kanyā palāila naivedya la-iyā 
    tāre ḍāki' kahe prabhu sakrodha ha-iyā
SYNONYMS
kona kanyā —some of the girls;  palāila —fled;  naivedya —the plate of worshipable things;  la-iyā —taking away;  tāre —unto them;  ḍāki' —calling;  kahe —says;  prabhu —the Lord;  sakrodha —angry;  ha-iyā —becoming.
TRANSLATION
When some of the girls fled, the Lord called them in anger and advised them as follows:
TEXT 58
यदि नेवेद्य ना देह हहैया कृपणी । 
    वूडा तडा हवे, आर तारि तारि सतिनी ॥ ८४ ॥
yadi naivedya nā deha ha-iyā kṛpaṇī 
    buḍā bhartā habe, āra cāri cāri satinī
SYNONYMS
yadi —if;  naivedya —offering;  nā —do not;  deha —give Me;  ha-iyā —becoming;  kṛpaṇī —miser;  buḍā —old;  bhartā —husband;  habe —will have;  āra —and;  cāri —four;  cāri —four;  satinī —co-wives.
TRANSLATION
“If you are miserly and do not give Me the offerings, every one of you will have an old husband with at least four co-wives.”
PURPORT
In India in those days and even until fifty years ago, polygamy was freely allowed. Any man, especially of the higher castes—the  brāhmaṇas , the  vaiśyas  and particular-