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BIDYAPATI. 
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8. Why shall I admit his embraces. My heart doth not believe in 
him. 
9. Bidyapati saith, O friend, I sang what was proper. The appre- 
ciator of the good will come. 
10. Arise, 0 friend, and feast to thy heart’s content. To-day thy 
husband will come home. 
(41) 
1. “ Thine eyes are red ; I know the great secret. They tell the 
grave scandal of a moonlit night. 
2. “ O Hari, make no excuse ; go thou to her with whom thou hast 
spent the night. 
3. “ A bosom full and round as a Tcumlmm # hath left its impress over 
thy heart. It is as if love had painted thy dark skin fair. 
4. “ Thou wearest ornaments not thine own, betraying the tale that 
thou hast been with another.” 
5. Bidyapati saith, even speaking thus is forbidden. When a great 
man committetk an injustice, bear it in silence. 
(45.) 
1. Lotus loving bees are many in this world, but amongst all he is 
great who hath discretion. 
2. “ 0 proud lady, haste and yield to thy love’s caresses. Oppor¬ 
tunity is short, and the benefit is great. 
3. “ Thou gavest him no honey, though thou hadst no lack of it. 
Only that wealth is wealth by which others are benefited. 
4. “ Thou spakest rashly to him, and thereby didst put a flame to 
his heart which will only be extinguished with his death. 
5. “ It is not thou who art base, but thy actions. Evil communica¬ 
tions corrupt manners.” • 
6. Bidyapati saith, the messenger told her privately. One cannot 
gain one’s own without another’s loss. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Separation. 
(46.) 
1. Happy are the days of youth and love. For a few days equal 
passion is seen in both. 
2. Cruel fate turneth good to evil. What can it not cause to happen. 
* See note to No. 76. 
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