Chanakya Neeti. Chapter 16, Verse 2: On the Excellent and the Wicked

Chapter 16 · Verse 2

On the Excellent and the Wicked

जल्पन्ति सार्धमन्येन पश्यन्त्यन्यं सविभ्रमाः । हृदये चिन्तयन्त्यन्यं न स्त्रीणामेकतो रतिः ॥

jalpanti sārdhamanyena paśyantyanyaṃ savibhramāḥ | hṛdaye cintayantyanyaṃ na strīṇāmekato ratiḥ ||

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“She talks with one, glances flirtatiously at another, and in her heart thinks of a third.…”