Chapter 24

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vyāsa uvāca |
kutsitaṃ yoṣidarthaṃ yatsaṃproktaṃ paṃcacūḍayā |
tanme brūhi samāsena yadi tuṣṭo'si me mune || 1 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
strīṇāṃ svabhāvaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu vipra yathātatham |
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa bhavedvairāgyamuttamam || 2 ||
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striyo mūlaṃ hi doṣāṇāṃ laghucittāḥ sadā mune |
tadāsaktirna kartavyā mokṣepsubhiratandritaiḥ || 3 ||
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atrāpyudāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ puṃścalyā paṃcacūḍayā || 4 ||
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lokānparicarandhīmāndevarṣirnāradaḥ purā |
dadarśāpsarasaṃ bālāṃ paṃcacūḍāmanuttamām || 5 ||
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papracchāpsarasaṃ subhrūṃ nārado munisattamaḥ |
saṃśayo hṛdi me kaścittanme brūhi sumadhyame || 6 ||
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evamuktā tu sā vipraṃ pratyuvāca varāpsarā |
viṣaye sati vakṣyāmi samarthāṃ manyase'tha mām || 7 ||
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nārada uvāca |
na tvāmaviṣaye bhadre niyokṣyāmi kathaṃcana |
strīṇāṃ svabhāvamicchāmi tvattaḥ śrotuṃ sumadhyame || 8 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
etacchrutvā vacastasya devarṣerapsarottamā |
pratyuvāca munīśaṃ taṃ devarṣiṃ munisattamam || 9 ||
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paṃcacūḍovāca |
mune śṛṇu na śakyā strī satī vai niṃdituṃ striyā |
viditāste striyo yāśca yādṛśyaśca svabhāvataḥ || 10 ||
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na māmarhasi devarṣe niyoktuṃ praśnamīdṛśam |
ityuktvā sā'bhavattūṣṇīṃ paṃcacūḍāpsarovarā || 11 ||
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atha devarṣivaryo hi śrutvā tadvākyamuttamam |
pratyuvāca punastāṃ vai lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 12 ||
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nārada uvāca |
mṛṣāvāde bhaveddoṣassatye doṣo na vidyate |
iti jānīhi satyaṃ tvaṃ vadātastatsumadhyame || 13 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityuktā sā kṛtamatī rabhasā cāruhāsinī |
strīdoṣāñśāśvatānsatyānbhāṣituṃ saṃpracakrame || 14 ||
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pañcacūḍovāca |
kulīnā nāthavaṃtyaśca rūpavaṃtyaśca yoṣitaḥ |
maryādāsu na tiṣṭhaṃti sa doṣaḥ strīṣu nārada || 15 ||
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na strībhyaḥ kiṃcidanyadvai pāpīyastaramasti hi |
striyo mūlaṃ hi pāpānāṃ tathā tvamapi vettha ha || 16 ||
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samājñātānarthavataḥ pratirūpān yathepsitān |
yatīnantaramāsādya nālaṃ nāryyaḥ pratīkṣitum || 17 ||
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asaddharmastvayaṃ strīṇāmasmākaṃ bhavati prabho |
pāpīyaso narān yadvai lajjāṃ tyaktvā bhajāmahe || 18 ||
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striyaṃ ca yaḥ prārthayate sannikarṣaṃ ca gacchati |
īṣacca kurute sevāṃ tamevecchati yoṣitaḥ || 19 ||
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anarthitvānmanuṣyāṇāṃ bhayātpatijanasya ca |
maryādāyāmamaryādāḥ striyastiṣṭhaṃti bhartṛṣu || 20 ||
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nāsāṃ kaścidamānyo'sti nāsāṃ vayasi niścayaḥ |
surūpaṃ vā kurūpaṃ vā pumāṃsamupabhuṃjate || 21 ||
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na bhayādatha vākrośānnārthahetoḥ kathaṃcana |
na jñātikulasambandhāstriyastiṣṭhaṃti bhartṛṣu || 22 ||
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yauvane vartamānānāmiṣṭābharaṇavāsasām |
nārīṇāṃ svairavṛttīnāṃ spṛhayanti kulastriyaḥ || 23 ||
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yā hi śaśvadbahumatā rakṣyante dayitāḥ striyaḥ |
api tāḥ samprasajjante kubjāndhajaḍavāmane || 24 ||
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paṃguṣvapi ca devarṣe ye cānye kutsitā narāḥ |
strīṇāmagamyo lokeṣu nāsti kaścinmahāmune || 25 ||
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yadi puṃsāṃ gatirbrahmankathaṃcinnopapadyate |
apyanyonyaṃ pravartante na ca tiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu || 26 ||
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alābhātpuruṣāṇāṃ ca bhayātparijanasya ca |
vadhabandhabhayāccaiva tā bhagnāśā hi yoṣitaḥ || 27 ||
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calasvabhāva duśceṣṭā durgāhyā bhavatastathā |
prājñasya puruṣasyeha yathā ratiparigrahāt || 28 ||
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nāgnistuṣyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhi |
nāntakassarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanāḥ || 29 ||
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idamanyacca devarṣe rahasyaṃ sarvayoṣitām |
dṛṣṭvaiva puruṣaṃ sadyo yoniḥ praklidyate striyāḥ || 30 ||
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susnātaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sugandhaṃ malavarjitam |
yoniḥ praklidyate strīṇāṃ dṛteḥ pātrādivodakam || 31 ||
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kāyānāmapi dātāraṃ karttāraṃ mānasāṃtvayoḥ |
rakṣitāraṃ na mṛṣyaṃti bhartāraṃ paramaṃ striyaḥ || 32 ||
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na kāmabhogātparamānnālaṃkārārthasaṃcayāt |
tathā hitaṃ na manyante yathā ratiparigrahāt || 33 ||
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antakaśśamano mṛtyuḥ pātālaṃ vaḍavāmukham |
kṣuradhārā viṣaṃ sarpo vahnirityekataḥ striyaḥ || 34 ||
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yataśca bhūtāni mahāṃti paṃca yataśca loko vihito vidhātrā |
yataḥ pumāṃsaḥ pramadāśca nirmitāḥ sadaiva doṣaḥ pramadāsu nārada || 35 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacastasyā nāradastuṣṭamānasaḥ |
tathyaṃ matvā tatastadvai viraktobhūddhi tāsu ca || 36 ||
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ityuktaḥ strī svabhāvaste paṃcacūḍokta ādarāt |
vairāgyakāraṇaṃ vyāsa kimanyacchrotumarhasi || 37 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ strīsvabhāvavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||
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