Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 28
त्वं जारो
मनोलौल्यात्पुष्पताम्बूलसदृशः कदाचित्सेव्यसे ।
स च स्वामी मां विक्रेतुं देवेभ्यो
ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि वा दातुमीश्वरः । किं बहुना । तस्मिज्जीवति जीवामि ।
तन्मरणे चानुमरणं करिष्यामीत्येष मे निश्चयः । यतः ।
तिस्रः कोट्योऽर्धकोटी च यानि लोमानि मानवे ।
तावत्कालं वसेत्स्वर्गे भर्तारं यानुगच्छति ॥
You are a paramour. Through levity of heart, I sometimes consort with you, as I would chew a roll of betel-nut leaves or put on flowers. But he is my master, having power to sell me, or to give me away to the gods or the Brahmanas. In short, I live while he lives, and will die with him when he dies. This is my resolve. For, for years three crores and a half - which is the number of hairs on the human body - does a woman live in heaven, who follows her husband in death.
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