Part
5 - Chapter 5
ABOUT
THE LOVE OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY FOR THE
WIVES OF OTHER MEN
KINGS
and their ministers have no access to the
abodes of others, and moreover their mode of
living is constantly watched and observed
and imitated by the people at large, just as
the animal world, seeing the sun rise, get
up after him, and when he sits in the
evening, lie down again in the same way.
Persons in authority should not therefore do
any improper act in public, as such are
impossible from their position, and would be
deserving of censure. But if they find that
such an act is necessary to be done, they
should make use of the proper means as
described in the following paragraphs.
The
head man of the village, the king's officer
employed there, and the man
1
whose business it is to glean corn, can gain
over female villagers simply by asking them.
It is on this account that this class of
woman are called unchaste women by
voluptuaries.
The
union of the above mentioned men with this
class of woman takes place on the occasions
of unpaid labour, of filling the granaries
in their houses, of taking things in and out
of the house, of cleaning the houses, of
working in the fields, and of purchasing
cotton, wool, flax, hemp, and thread, and at
the season of the purchase, sale, and
exchange of various other articles, as well
as at the time of doing various other works.
In the same way the superintendents of cow
pens enjoy the women in the cow pens; and
the officers, who crave the superintendence
of widows, of the women who are without
supporters, and of women who have left their
husbands, have sexual intercourse with these
women. The intelligent accomplish their
object by wandering at night in the village,
and while villagers also unite with the
wives of their sons, being much alone with
them. Lastly the superintendents of markets
have a great deal to do with the female
villagers at the time of their making
purchases in the market.
During
the festival of the eighth moon, i.e. during
the bright half of the month of Nargashirsha,
as also during the moonlight festival of the
month of Kartika, and the spring festival of
Chaitra, the women of cities and towns
generally visit the women of the king's
harem in the royal palace. These visitors go
to the several apartments of the women of
the harem, as they are acquainted with them,
and pass the night in conversation, and in
proper sports, and amusement, and go away in
the morning. On such occasions a female
attendant of the king (previously acquainted
with the woman whom the king desires) should
loiter about, and accost this woman when she
sets out to go home, and induce her to come
and see the amusing things in the palace.
Previous to these festivals even, she should
have caused it to be intimated to this woman
that on the occasion of this festival she
would show her all the interesting things in
the royal palace. Accordingly she should
show her the bower of the coral creeper, the
garden house with its floor inlaid with
precious stones, the bower of grapes, the
building on the water, the secret passages
in the walls of the palace, the pictures,
the sporting animals, the machines, the
birds, and the cages of the lions and the
tigers. After this, when alone with her, she
should tell her about the love of the king
for her, and should describe to her the good
fortune which would attend upon her union
with the king, giving her at the time a
strict promise of secrecy. If the woman does
not accept the offer, she should conciliate
and please her with handsome presents
befitting the position of the king, and
having accompanied her for some distance
should dismiss her with great affection.
Or,
having made the acquaintance of the husband
of the woman whom the king desires, the
wives of the king should get the wife to pay
them a visit in the harem, and on this
occasion a female attendant of the king,
having been sent thither, should act as
above described.
Or,
one of the king's wives should get
acquainted with the woman that the king
desires, by sending one of the female
attendants to her, who should, on their
becoming more intimate, induce her to come
and see the royal abode. Afterwards when she
has visited the harem, and acquired
confidence, a female confidante of the king,
sent thither, should act as before
described.
Or, the king's wife should invite the woman,
whom the king desires, to come to the royal
palace, so that she might see the practice
of the art in which the king's wife may be
skilled, and after she has come to the
harem, a female attendant of the king, sent
thither, should act as before described.
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Swami Veet Chintan T'Zorba-Krsna
Jyotish
Shastracharya
& Vedic Astrologer of India
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