THE KURAL
916. Behold the men that have a regard for their own good : they touch not the hand of wantons who put up their lewd charms for sale.
917. Behold the men who are light-minded: they will seek the women who embrace with the body while their heart is somewhere else.
918. Behold the men who have not a discriminating understanding : the embraces of wily women are to them even as the fascination of the siren of the solitudes.[1]
919. The soft arms of the well-decked harlot are the filthy ditch wherein contemptible fools drown themselves.
920. Women of two hearts, drink, and the dice-table, these are the delights of men when fortune forsaketh them.
- ↑ An imaginary being that is believed to fascinate men in groves etc. and make them extremely erotic.
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