220 Nor is the wife always anxious for his return: Today, with my remembrance of pleasures experienced without him, The sound of fresh clouds is heard like an execution drum. (1.29) And s o: Oh God, make an affair with another woman for my husband, For men do not know good from bad Who have tasted a single wine. (1.48) But women are still the backbone of the household, and the Prakrit poets paint them with love and devotion. Oh son, those are truly women Who know the good and the bad, The sorrows and pleasures of the household. The rest are but the old ones of their menfolk. (6.12) When her husband^ brother is of improper mind, And when her husband is of crooked character, A daughter-in-law of pure mind does not tell For fear of breaking up the family. She just wastes away. (1.59) The housewife, pursuing the child Who is running from fear of the barber, Catches him, and, with hair and clothes disheveled, She restrains the returned child with her hand. (3.91) Animal imagery is often used to set off human feelings, but just as often for its own beauty. Lookl The buffalo cows, being led away by the butchers, With bent and bleeding heads turned, Say farewell to the groves for the last time. (7.80) In a grove by the Godavari, A monkey, tasting the leaves of a mustard plant, Jumps up, shrieks, and beats his stomach. (2.71) Throughout the collection, the good man is sung of, in terms often philosophical, sometimes deep and always with insight. A good person does not get angry; Or if he is angry, he does not think unpleasant thoughts; Or if he so thinks, he does not tell it abroad; And if he does tell it, he becomes ashamed. (3.50) In its last condition, the mind of a great one becomes lofty indeed, As at sunset the rays of the sun throb upwards. (3.84)