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One’s initial insignificance is not covered up by later ex-traordinary greatness. Those who know about the ten avataras call Tri·vikrama (“Of Three Strides”) “the Dwarf.”*

In your lap you have your baby; at your feet the servant girl; your beloved husband solidly behind you; what more do you want, lady of the house, that you are still afraid of a girl?

Lips thrust forward, throaty noises, eyes closing, heads shaking—the young couple, even without touching, made it look as if they were sharing the pleasure of a kiss.

This arm which he has impetuously pushed into her dwelling through a hole in the fence cannot come out the same way because it became thrilled at the touch of his beloved.*

When I look at your heavy and swaying buttocks covered in your dress I cannot find any satisfaction, like a chataka bird looking at new clouds, large and fast-moving, covering the sky.*

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That tortoise, overpowered by the load of the Earth, who herself is overpowered by the load of the elephants of darkness, has raised its face in the form of the Mountain of Sunrise, and is spitting blood, the Dawn.*