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The Characteristics of King Purañjana
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wife. Thus one becomes more and more entangled. In Bengal it is said that if one becomes an obedient servant of his wife, he loses all reputation. However, the difficulty is that unless one becomes a most obedient servant of his wife, family life becomes disturbed. In the Western countries this disturbance gives rise to the divorce law, and in Eastern countries like India there is separation. Now this disturbance is confirmed by the new introduction of the divorce law in India. Within the heart, the mind is acting, thinking, feeling and willing, and falling under the control of one's wife is the same as falling under the control of material intelligence. Thus one begets children by his wife and becomes entangled in so many activities and mental concoctions.
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कचित्पिबन्त्यां पिबति मदिरां मदविह्वलः ।
अश्वन्त्यां कचिदश्नाति जक्षत्यां सह जक्षिति ॥५७॥
कचिद्गायति गायन्त्यां रुदत्यां रुदति कचित् ।
कचिद्वसन्त्यां हसति जल्पन्त्यामनु जल्पति ॥५८॥
कचिद्धावति धावन्त्यां तिष्ठन्त्यामनु तिष्ठति ।
अनु शेते शयनायामन्वास्ते कचिदासतीम् ॥५९॥
कचिच्छृणोति शृण्वन्त्यां पश्यन्त्यामनु पश्यति ।
कचिञ्जिघति जिघन्त्यां स्पृशन्त्यां स्पृशति कचित् ॥६०॥
कचिच्च शोचतीं जायामनुशोचति दीनवत् ।
अनु हृष्यति हृष्यन्त्यां मुदितामनु मोदते ॥६१॥
kvacit pibantyām pibati madirām mada-vihvalaḥ aśnantyām kvacid aśnāti jakṣatyām saha jakṣiti
kvacid gāyati gāyantyām rudatyām rudati kvacit kvacid dhasantyām hasati jalpantyām anu jalpati
kvacid dhāvati dhāvantyām tiṣṭhantyām anu tiṣṭhati