Dharmasamuccaya · Chapter 9

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(9) strījugupsāvargaḥ
striya evānarthamūlam
striyo mūlaṃ (hi) pāpasya dhananāśasya sarvathā /
svahite ye na niratāḥ kutasteṣāṃ bhavet sukham

anarthakarmaratayaḥ śāṭhyerṣyābahulāstriyaḥ /
lokadvayavināśāya puruṣāṇāmavasthitāḥ

nityaṃ sarāgakuśalā nityaṃ tadvacanāḥ parāḥ /
anyacca hṛdaye tāsāṃ kathayantyanyadeva vā

āpātamadhurāḥ sūkṣmāḥ vipāke vajracetasaḥ /
nopakāreṇa satkāraṃ smaranti laghucetasaḥ

striyo vidyutsvabhāvahṛdayā aticañcalāḥ
nāśayitvā priyaśataṃ smarantyekaṃ hi vipriyam /
vidyutsvabhāvahṛdayāḥ striyaḥ pāpasya bhūmayaḥ

strīṇāṃ nāśasādhakatvapradarśanam
strīhetunāśamicchanti puruṣā vakracetasaḥ /
strīvināśo vināśo drāgiha loke paratra ca

strīdarśanamevāgnivaddahati
evaṃ tu sarvaviṣayāḥ strīdarśanamihaikajam /
abhibhūya sarvaviṣayān nāryagnijvalanaṃ mahat

strīdoṣapradarśanapūrvakaṃ nārījugupsāsamīkṣaṇam
saṃśleṣādapi viśleṣaḥ smaraṇāt kathanādapi /
strīṇāṃ dāhasamuttho 'yaṃ vahnirantarjahāsakaḥ

rāgeṇa saha jāyante nityaṃ vai dāruṇāḥ striyaḥ /
dānena saha jāyante yathā loke hutāśanāḥ

na bhavet tādṛśo dāho yo 'yaṃ vahnisamudbhavaḥ /
yādṛśaḥ strīmado hyasti dehināṃ hṛdayodbhavaḥ

sarvalokavināśāya sarvadharmakṣayāya ca /
hetavo narakasyaitāḥ striyaḥ proktā maharṣibhiḥ

mukhato madhurāmarṣā hṛdayena viṣopamāḥ /
anavasthitasauhārdā nāsāṃ kaścit priyo naraḥ

muhūrtena priyastāsāṃ muhūrtena tathāpriyaḥ /
anavasthitasauhārdāścañcalā kṣaṇikopamāḥ

vañcanāhetukuśalā nityaṃ kāryaparāyaṇāḥ /
nityaṃ saṃyogamanaso nityaṃ mānaparāyaṇāḥ

devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ /
na bandhabhūtā yādṛśyaḥ striyaḥ kālaviṣopamāḥ

nopakāraṃ smarantyetā na kuśalaṃ nāpi vikramam /
anavasthitacittāśca vāyuvegasamāḥ striyaḥ

bhavanti sampado yatra rakṣyante yatra yoṣitaḥ /
vyasaneṣu viraktāstu tyajanti puruṣaṃ dhruvam

yaṃ yaṃ gacchanti puruṣaṃ rakṣyante tatra yoṣitaḥ /
śīghraṃ śīghraṃ naraṃ hyetāstyajanti puruṣaṃ sthitam

yathā hi bhramarī puṣpaṃ śuṣkaṃ tyajati sarvadā /
tathā vittena rahitaṃ puruṣaṃ tyajati priyā

nistriṃśahṛdayāḥ krūrāścañcalāstamasāvṛtāḥ /
striyaḥ puruṣanāśāya jātāḥ kenāpi hetunā

devānāṃ bandhanaṃ nāma yathā strībandhanaṃ matam /
strībandhananibaddhāstu patanti narakaṃ punaḥ

etadagraṃ hi rāgāṇāṃ yo rāgaḥ strīsamudbhavaḥ /
strīrāgadagdhamanasaṃ paścād dahati pāvakaḥ

pratyakṣāṇyapi karmāṇi rāgaiścāpahataḥ pumān /
na vetti mūḍhahṛdayaḥ strīrāgeṇa vimohitaḥ

viśvāsya viṣaye puruṣaṃ bad dhvā priyamanekaśaḥ /
tyajanti vittanāśena tvacaṃ yadvadbhujaṅgamāḥ

sarvopāyabhṛtā nāryaḥ sarvaśaḥ paripālitāḥ /
na śakyāḥ svavaśīkarttuṃ striyaḥ paramadāruṇāḥ

āsāṃ sarvasvabhāvānāṃ nārīṇāṃ calacetasām /
na yāyājjātu viśvāsaṃ pumān dhīreṇa cetasā

strīvidheyāstu ye martyā nityaṃ kāmagaveṣiṇaḥ /
paścimadarśanaṃ teṣāṃ suraloke bhaviṣyati

pañcāṅgikena tūryeṇa vipralubdhāḥ samantataḥ /
vindanti vyasane duḥkhaṃ yadavaśyaṃ bhaviṣyati

imāstāścañcalā nāryo yāsāṃ rāgaḥ kṛtastvayā /
tā bhavantaṃ parityajya punaranyaṃ tato gatāḥ

dvidhā hi prakṛtiryāsāṃ (yoṣitāṃ) sahacāriṇī /
bhūyo 'bhiyanti puruṣaṃ vyasaneṣu tyajanti ca

mṛgavanmohayantyetāḥ puruṣaṃ rāgamohitam /
paścāt (tu) vyasane prāpte tyajanti laghucetasaḥ

nopakāraṃ na satkāraṃ na priyāṇi na santatim /
smaranti yoṣitastīvrā vyasane samupasthite

mlānaṃ puṣpaṃ yathā tyaktvā bhramaro 'nyatra dhāvati /
tathā hi vyasane prāpte tyajanti khalu yoṣitaḥ

anapekṣitasauhārdāścañcalāśca raṇapriyāḥ /
bhavanti yoṣitaḥ sarvā viṣamiśraṃ yathā madhu

mohayanti narān kāmairvākyaiścāpi viśeṣataḥ /
na teṣāṃ viśvaseddhīmān puruṣo dhīramānasaḥ

ābhirvimohitāḥ kiṃ vā raṃjitāḥ puruṣāḥ svataḥ /
na kurvanti hitaṃ vākyaṃ yathā muṣṇikagāmikam

devāsuranarān yakṣān piśācoragarākṣasān /
indrajālamayā nāryo vañcayanti viśeṣataḥ

etadagrañca pāśānāṃ yadidaṃ strīmayaṃ dṛḍham /
anena baddhāḥ puruṣā bhramanti bhavacārake

na kaścit pāśapāśo 'yaṃ hṛtpāśo yoṣitaḥ param /
hṛtpāśabandhanairbaddhāḥ puruṣā duḥkhamohitāḥ

dahayate chidyate pāśasstrīmayastu na dahayate /
narakapretatiryakṣu gacchantamanugacchati

mūrtimān badhyate kāyaḥ pāśena mahatā tathā /
amūrtigaṃ cittamidaṃ strīpāśena tu badhyate

(na) dṛśyate pāśamanyaṃ yena badhnanti yoṣitaḥ /
abhijñeyamapramāṇaṃ strīmayaṃ bandhanaṃ mahat

anenāpātaramyeṇa (duḥkha) mokṣeṇa sarvadā /
pāśena baddhāḥ puruṣā na mucyante bhavārṇavāt

ṣaḍindriyāṇi badhnāti pāśo yaḥ strīmayo mahān /
pāśastu kāyamevaikaṃ kaścit badhnāti vā na vā

bandhanaṃ na dṛḍhaṃ hīdaṃ mokṣavārya ṣaḍāyasam /
saṃraktacittabhoge hi mandabuddhernarasya ca

snāyuyantreṇa baddhāsu vistṛtakarmabhūmiṣu /
tīkṣṇaraktāsinā yukto maraṇārthamihāgataḥ

strīṇāṃ daurguṇyam
vañcanācchalakūṭāsu rabhasā nu viśeṣataḥ /
cañcalo bhrāntacittāsu bhrāntastvaṅgakṣaṇāriṣu

vibhrānto bhrāntakathitairbhūṣaṇānāṃ tathā svanaiḥ /
haranti puruṣaṃ kṣipraṃ vañcanākuśalāḥ striyaḥ

nānāvidheṣu puṣpeṣu yathā carati ṣaṭ padaḥ /
nānāvidheṣu martyeṣu tathemāścañcalāḥ striyaḥ

yathā madhurikā pītvā puṣpamanyatra gacchati /
tathā puruṣamāpīyaḥ prayānti rabhasaṃ striyaḥ

arthādāneṣu kuśalāḥ kruddhā nityaṃ durāsadāḥ /
vañcayitvā naraṃ śīghramanyatra saṃprayānti tāḥ

sādhyamāyāpraharaṇāḥ kālakūṭaviṣopamāḥ /
striyaḥ puruṣaghātinyaścāturyeṣu vyavasthitāḥ

vāyvākāśānalā yadvan na śaktā grathituṃ naraiḥ /
tathopāyaśatairnāryo (na) śaktā rakṣituṃ naraiḥ

anarthavyādhimṛtyūnāṃ duṣkṛtānāñca karmaṇām /
hetubhūtāḥ paraṃ nāryo mokṣacaryābadhasya ca

yadanekaprakāreṣu śaṭheṣu pāpakarmasu /
(patanti) manujā loke tatra hetuḥ parastriyaḥ

na bālayauvanenaiva vārdhakyenaiva śāmyati /
cāpalyaṃ sahajaṃ strīṇāṃ bhāskarasya yathā prabhā

anityaṃ sauhṛdaṃ tāsāṃ dīptānāmarciṣāṃ kaṇaiḥ /
vairañca śāśvataṃ tāsāmaśmanāṃ ca yathā vraṇaiḥ

dhanahīne virajyante dhanayuktā bhavanti ca /
yāvadartha striyastāvadarthahīne kutaḥ striyaḥ?

na sevābhiścadānena nopakāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ /
svīkarttuṃ na striyaḥ śakyāḥ jvalanopamacetasaḥ

yathā naro 'nukūlaśca chandakarttā yathā yathā /
tathā tathā striyastasya vañcanākuśalāḥ param

puṣpacchatro yathā sarpo bhasmacchatro yathā nalaḥ /
rūpacchannaṃ tathā cittamāsāṃ bhavati yoṣitām

viṣavṛkṣe yathā puṣpaṃ dṛṣṭiramyaṃ na śāntaye /
viṣavṛkṣa (samā) nāryaḥ parivarjyāḥ samantataḥ

nārīṇāṃ darśanākāṃkṣī viṣayesu ca tatparaḥ /
naro na sukhabhogāya (haya) smilloke na cāpare

nāgninā na ca śastreṇa na balena na jantubhiḥ /
strīmayaṃ bandhanaṃ hetuḥ śakyate na durāsadam

doṣajālamidaṃ (sūtraṃ)strīmayaṃ carate bhuvi /
yastrīvivarjito dhīmān asmilloke mahīyate

yathā bhūtairmanuṣyāṇāṃ svakarmotthāpane na ca /
tathā striyo hi rakṣanti viṣamārtha tyajanti ca

gatārthavibhavaṃ bhūyo varjitaṃ svena karmaṇā /
devaṃ samīkṣya capalāḥ striyo naiva prabhāvikāḥ

strīsukhaṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguram
kṣaṇabhaṅgamidaṃ saukhyamadhigatamavasthitam /
catvāryetāni duḥkhāni sevitāni nṛbhiḥ sadā

strī viṣāgnisadṛśā
tasmāt tāni vivarjyāni viṣāgnisadṛśāni hi /
yaḥ kaściccapalo janturyaśca doṣodbhavaḥ sadā

tasmāt parisamāviṣṭāḥ striyaḥ kāraṇavatsalāḥ /
na sūryastamaso heturnāgniḥ śītasya kāraṇam

na strīṇāṃ sauhṛdaṃ citte svalpamapyavatiṣṭhate /
yathā sthirā bhūmiriyaṃ yathā vāyuḥ sadā calaḥ

striyaḥ doṣameva smaranti
tathā strīṇāṃ kṛtaṃ nāsti doṣamayyaḥ sadā smṛtāḥ /
ciraprayatnāḥ puruṣaiḥ lobhitā bahuśaḥ striyaḥ

tyajanti vyasane prāpte śuṣkaṃ sara ivāśugāḥ /
nordhvagāḥ sarito dṛṣṭā nāśmano gatiriṣyate

girīṇāṃ gamanaṃ nāsti strīṇāṃ naivāsti sauhṛdam /
vapukarti sadā nṛṇāṃ dharmārthayaśasāṃ tathā

yoniścānarthajālasya doṣāṇāmudbhavasya ca /
bhaved vajramayī mṛdvī tyajed (rātrau yathā) ravim

na strī tyajedasādhyāni janmāpekṣā viśeṣataḥ /
nopacārakriyā dānapriyavākyāpalāpanaiḥ

svīkartuṃ na striyaḥ śakyā jvalanopamacetasaḥ /
sukheṣu samatāṃ yānti vyasaneṣu tyajanti ca

upakārāṃśca vismṛtya doṣamekaṃ smaranti tāḥ /
vanopavanaśaileṣu bhuktvā sukhamanekaśaḥ

strī lokasya bandhanam
saṃprāpte vyasane tīvre striya paribhavanti hi /
lokasya bandhanaṃ nāryo vañcanākṛtivardhikāḥ

adhamāḥ vinipātānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ cāspadaṃ (bahu) /
sarvalokavināśāya vaśīkurvanti tṛṣṇayā

yathā strībandhanamidaṃ durviṣahyaṃ kṛtaṃ mahat /
yadidaṃ bandhanaṃ loke kāmarāgamayaṃ mahat

strīvarjanameva śreyaṣkaram
tathā cānyaprayatnena vicārya upalabhyate /
vaśīkurvanti tā (nāryaḥ) kāmavāṇairanekaśaḥ

svalpaiḥ parājitaṃ kṛtvā kāmasya vaśagāḥ striyaḥ /
rāgerṣyāśāṭhyabhūmīnāṃ vidyuccañcalacetasām

lobhāhaṅkārayonīnāṃ na viśvāsyāḥ kathañcana /
śastrāgnisadṛśāstīkṣṇāḥ kāmapāśaparātmanaḥ

svabhraprapātaviṣamaṃ gaṃbhīrasamacetasām /
parābhidrohamāyendrajālatadgatamānasān

akālamṛtyuvajrāgnikālakūṭasamātmanām /
anekadoṣasambhārananditānāmanekaśaḥ

yadi śīlalavaḥ kaścit strīṇāṃ manasi vartate /
cireṇa dahate vahniḥ sa spṛṣṭāḥ pavaneritaḥ

strīdarśanasamucchreyamātraṃ dahati pāvakaḥ /
tasmāt striyo vivarjyāḥ syuḥ yadicchet sukhamuttamam

etat sarva paraṃ loke nārīṇāṃ varjanaṃ sadā /
yadṛcchājālinīhetuṃ yaḥ icched bhūtimātmanaḥ

ya icchati nivṛttiṃ tu sa naraḥ strīṃ vivarjayet /
sukhāsaktastathārtho (ca) kusīdaścañcalaḥ śaṭhaḥ

pāpasevī sumṛṣṭāśī naro bhadraṃ na paśyati /
udyukto vīryavān dhīro dhārmikaḥ strīṃ vivarjayet /
dakṣo hetuphalaśraddho naraḥ kalyāṇavān bhavet