यथा यथा सान्त्वयिता वश्यः स्त्रीणां तथा तथा। यथा यथा प्रियं वक्ता परिभूतस्तता तथा॥
yathā yathā sāntvayitā vaśyaḥ strīṇāṃ tathā tathā| yathā yathā priyaṃ vaktā paribhūtastatā tathā||
English Meaning
It is generally found on earth that the more a woman is courted by a man, the more she is brought under his influence, (But for you) the more kindly I have been behaving towards you, the more roughly I have been treated.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)