The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

229 - Protection of the Chaste
So saying, she wept aloud at the foot of the statue of the
guardian-deity. The deity appeared to her and said:
“You have not understood properly the meaning of that particular
passage of the truthful bard, 100 which says that the clouds will rain at
command of her who, even though failing to worship God, would
take up her day’s duties only after worshipping her husband.
You are accustomed in life to hear false stories, and have exhibited a
turn for the enjoyment of the ludicrous. Further your devotion to
Gods and their worship had in it a desire to hear music, to see dances
and otherwise enjoy the festivities. Therefore it is that though you are
a chaste wife, you have not the power to command clouds to rain, and
therefore it is that you have failed to burn the hearts of those who
cherish evil thoughts regarding you.
If you will but give up the light-hearted enjoyment of the things cited
above, you will [169] still command the respect due to the chaste wife
and her privileges.
Since you are not to blame for this act of the prince, my rope will not
bind you, and my weapons will not punish you as in the case of
women that go the way of their hearts. The law allows seven days’
time for the king to punish an offender. Before that limit of time, if
he should fail to do so, then it would be my turn to inflict the
punishment. You may rest assured that within the seven days’ limit
king Kakanda hearing of what had happened will decapitate the
prince.’
100 Tiruvaḷḷ ḷ referring to verse 55.