The union, again, of man and woman, when each seek the other, is sweet as nectar. That association, however, of man and woman when the latter, herself coveting, cannot get an individual of the opposite sex that does not seek her, is, instead of being a merit, only a fault that is as noxious as poison.
इच्छतोरत्र यो लाभः स्त्रीसोरमृतोपमः। अलाभश्चापि रक्तस्य सोऽपि दोषो विषोपमः॥