 | Book 13 Chapter 38
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | strīṇāṃ svabhāvam icchāmi śrotuṃ bharatasattama
striyo hi mūlaṃ doṣāṇāṃ laghucittāḥ pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nāradasya ca saṃvādaṃ puṃścalyā pañcacūḍayā
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| 3 | lokān anucaran dhīmān devarṣir nāradaḥ purā
dadarśāpsarasaṃ brāhmīṃ pañcacūḍām aninditām
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| 4 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīṃ papracchāpsarasaṃ muniḥ
saṃśayo hṛdi me kaś cit tan me brūhi sumadhyame
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| 5 | evam uktā tu sā vipraṃ pratyuvācātha nāradam
viṣaye sati vakṣyāmi samarthāṃ manyase ca mām
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| 6 | nārada uvāca
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| 6 | na tvām aviṣaye bhadre niyokṣyāmi kathaṃ cana
strīṇāṃ svabhāvam icchāmi tvattaḥ śrotuṃ varānane
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | etac chrutvā vacas tasya devarṣer apsarottamā
pratyuvāca na śakṣyāmi strī satī nindituṃ striyaḥ
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| 8 | viditās te striyo yāś ca yādṛśāś ca svabhāvataḥ
na mām arhasi devarṣe niyoktuṃ praśna īdṛśe
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| 9 | tām uvāca sa devarṣiḥ satyaṃ vada sumadhyame
mṛṣāvāde bhaved doṣaḥ satye doṣo na vidyate
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| 10 | ity uktā sā kṛtamatir abhavac cāruhāsinī
strīdoṣāñ śāśvatān satyān bhāṣituṃ saṃpracakrame
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| 11 | pañcacūḍovāca
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| 11 | kulīnā rūpavatyaś ca nāthavatyaś ca yoṣitaḥ
maryādāsu na tiṣṭhanti sa doṣaḥ strīṣu nārada
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| 12 | na strībhyaḥ kiṃ cid anyad vai pāpīyastaram asti vai
striyo hi mūlaṃ doṣāṇāṃ tathā tvam api vettha ha
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| 13 | samājñātān ṛddhimataḥ pratirūpān vaśe sthitān
patīn antaram āsādya nālaṃ nāryaḥ pratīkṣitum
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| 14 | asaddharmas tv ayaṃ strīṇām asmākaṃ bhavati prabho
pāpīyaso narān yad vai lajjāṃ tyaktvā bhajāmahe
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| 15 | striyaṃ hi yaḥ prārthayate saṃnikarṣaṃ ca gacchati
īṣac ca kurute sevāṃ tam evecchanti yoṣitaḥ
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| 16 | anarthitvān manuṣyāṇāṃ bhayāt parijanasya ca
maryādāyām amaryādāḥ striyas tiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu
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| 17 | nāsāṃ kaś cid agamyo 'sti nāsāṃ vayasi saṃsthitiḥ
virūpaṃ rūpavantaṃ vā pumān ity eva bhuñjate
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| 18 | na bhayān nāpy anukrośān nārthahetoḥ kathaṃ cana
na jñātikulasaṃbandhāt striyas tiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu
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| 19 | yauvane vartamānānāṃ mṛṣṭābharaṇavāsasām
nārīṇāṃ svairavṛttānāṃ spṛhayanti kulastriyaḥ
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| 20 | yāś ca śaśvad bahumatā rakṣyante dayitāḥ striyaḥ
api tāḥ saṃprasajjante kubjāndhajaḍavāmanaiḥ
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| 21 | paṅguṣv api ca devarṣe ye cānye kutsitā narāḥ
strīṇām agamyo loke 'smin nāsti kaś cin mahāmune
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| 22 | yadi puṃsāṃ gatir brahma kathaṃ cin nopapadyate
apy anyonyaṃ pravartante na hi tiṣṭhanti bhartṛṣu
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| 23 | alābhāt puruṣāṇāṃ hi bhayāt parijanasya ca
vadhabandhabhayāc cāpi svayaṃ guptā bhavanti tāḥ
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| 24 | calasvabhāvā duḥsevyā durgrāhyā bhāvatas tathā
prājñasya puruṣasyeha yathā vācas tathā striyaḥ
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| 25 | nāgnis tṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhiḥ
nāntakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanāḥ
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| 26 | idam anyac ca devarṣe rahasyaṃ sarvayoṣitām
dṛṣṭvaiva puruṣaṃ hṛdyaṃ yoniḥ praklidyate striyaḥ
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| 27 | kāmānām api dātāraṃ kartāraṃ mānasāntvayoḥ
rakṣitāraṃ na mṛṣyanti bhartāraṃ paramaṃ striyaḥ
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| 28 | na kāmabhogān bahulān nālaṃkārārthasaṃcayān
tathaiva bahu manyante yathā ratyām anugraham
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| 29 | antakaḥ śamano mṛtyuḥ pātālaṃ vaḍavāmukham
kṣuradhārā viṣaṃ sarpo vahnir ity ekataḥ striyaḥ
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| 30 | yataś ca bhūtāni mahānti pañca; yataś ca lokā vihitā vidhātrā
yataḥ pumāṃsaḥ pramadāś ca nirmitās; tadaiva doṣāḥ pramadāsu nārada
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