Devanagari
अथापि नोपसज्जेत स्त्रीषु स्त्रैणेषु चार्थवित् ।
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगान्मन: क्षुभ्यति नान्यथा ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
athāpi nopasajjeta
strīṣu straiṇeṣu cārtha-vit
viṣayendriya-saṁyogān
manaḥ kṣubhyati nānyathā
Synonyms
atha api
—
yet therefore
;
na upasajjeta
—
he should never make contact
;
strīṣu
—
with women
;
straiṇeṣu
—
with men who are attached to women
;
ca
—
or
;
artha
—
vit — one who knows what is best for him
;
viṣaya
—
of the objects of enjoyment
;
indriya
—
with the senses
;
saṁyogāt
—
because of the connection
;
manaḥ
—
the mind
;
kṣubhyati
—
becomes agitated
;
na
—
not
;
anyathā
—
otherwise .
Translation
Yet even one who theoretically understands the actual nature of the body should never associate with women or with men attached to women. After all, the contact of the senses with their objects inevitably agitates the mind.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Yet even a person who understands the actual nature of the body should never associate with women or with men attached to women, since the contact of the senses with their objects inevitably agitates the mind.
Though women are disgusting, men associate with them. Therefore association is forbidden. One who discriminates should also not associate with women. He should remain distant even from seeing them, since the mind becomes agitated by contact with sense objects.