It’s not the cold or heat for me,“Na maṁ sītaṁ na maṁ uṇhaṁ,nor the being caught in the net;na maṁ jālasmi bādhanaṁ;it’s that my lady, the fish, thinks of me,Yañca maṁ maññate macchī,“He went for joy to another.”aññaṁ so ratiyā gato”ti.
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