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The maid my true heart loves would not my true love be; She seeks another man; another maid loves he; And me another maid her own true love would see… - Bhartṛhari
" "The maid my true heart loves would not my true love be;
She seeks another man; another maid loves he;
And me another maid her own true love would see:
Oh, fie on her and him and Love and HER and me!
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About Bhartṛhari
Bhartrihari (Devanagari: भर्तृहरि; also romanised as Bhartṛhari) was a 5th century Sanskrit author, considered to have written two influential texts: The Śatakatraya, a book of poetry; and Vākyapadīya, a grammatical treatise.
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