i dont know if this is an appropriate picture but i was reading an essay by L'amour and in it he quotes Indian poet BHartrihari.........who says of a woman...."she talks to one man, looks at a second and thinks of a third"

I myself have never heard of Bhartrihari so some digging on the search engine brought some interesting stuff to light.This
and from the website textetc.com I found this little piece on one of his famous works- Vairagya.......



"And transliterated from Devanagari:

Ayur varSazataM nRNAM rAtrau tadardhaM gataM
tasyArdhasya parasya cArdham aparam bAlatvavRddhatvayoh
zeSaM vyAdhiviyogaduHkhasahitaM sevAdibhir nIyate
jIve vAritaraNgabudbudasame saukhyaM kutah prANinAm

And the prose translation by A.B. Keith runs: {1}

To man is allotted a span of a hundred years;
half of that passes in sleep, one half is spent in childhood and old age;
the rest is spent in service with illness, separation and pain as companions.
How can mortals find joy in life that is like the bubbles on the waves of the sea? "



I wonder if there are some interesting books on his works...........