She smilingly fed the betel leaf to strangers with her own hands, but when offering it to me, she grew sullen and coldly said, 'Take the paan.'

In the courteous culture of old gatherings, feeding someone a betel leaf (paan) with one's own hands was an intimate gesture of deep affection. The lover observes with a wounded heart that the beloved playfully indulged total strangers with such warmth, yet when facing him, she turned cold, sullen, and formally offered it from a distance. It is a delightfully poignant picture of the beloved's coquettish cruelty and the lover's sweet, jealous grievance.