वेश्योवाच ।। वयं हि स्वैरचारिण्यो वेश्यास्तु न पतिव्रताः ।। अस्मत्कुलोचितो धर्मो व्यभिचारो न संशयः ।। २१ ।।
The prostitute said:— We are prostitutes flirting here and there and not chaste ladies. Undoubtedly the regular practice observed in our family is harlotry.
वैश्य उवाच ।। तथास्तु यदि ते सत्यं वचनं वीरवल्लभे ।। ददामि रत्नवलयं त्रिरात्रं भव मे वधूः ।। २३ ।।
The merchant said:— O beloved harlot, if your words are true, let it be as you say. I shall give you the gemset bangle. Be my wife for three days and nights.