Book 13 Chapter 39 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | ime vai mānavā loke strīṣu sajjanty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
mohena param āviṣṭā daivādiṣṭena pārthiva striyaś ca puruṣeṣv eva pratyakṣaṃ lokasākṣikam |
2 | atra me saṃśayas tīvro hṛdi saṃparivartate
katham āsāṃ narāḥ saṅgaṃ kurvate kurunandana striyo vā teṣu rajyante virajyante 'tha vā punaḥ |
3 | iti tāḥ puruṣavyāghra kathaṃ śakyāḥ sma rakṣitum
pramadāḥ puruṣeṇeha tan me vyākhyātum arhasi |
4 | etā hi mayamāyābhir vañcayantīha mānavān
na cāsāṃ mucyate kaś cit puruṣo hastam āgataḥ gāvo navatṛṇānīva gṛhṇanty eva navān navān |
5 | śambarasya ca yā māyā yā māyā namucer api
baleḥ kumbhīnaseś caiva sarvās tā yoṣito viduḥ |
6 | hasantaṃ prahasanty etā rudantaṃ prarudanti ca
apriyaṃ priyavākyaiś ca gṛhṇate kālayogataḥ |
7 | uśanā veda yac chāstraṃ yac ca veda bṛhaspatiḥ
strībuddhyā na viśiṣyete tāḥ sma rakṣyāḥ kathaṃ naraiḥ |
8 | anṛtaṃ satyam ity āhuḥ satyaṃ cāpi tathānṛtam
iti yās tāḥ kathaṃ vīra saṃrakṣyāḥ puruṣair iha |
9 | strīṇāṃ buddhyupaniṣkarṣād arthaśāstrāṇi śatruhan
bṛhaspatiprabhṛtibhir manye sadbhiḥ kṛtāni vai |
10 | saṃpūjyamānāḥ puruṣair vikurvanti mano nṛṣu
apāstāś ca tathā rājan vikurvanti manaḥ striyaḥ |
11 | kas tāḥ śakto rakṣituṃ syād iti me saṃśayo mahān
tan me brūhi mahābāho kurūṇāṃ vaṃśavardhana |
12 | yadi śakyā kuruśreṣṭha rakṣā tāsāṃ kathaṃ cana
kartuṃ vā kṛtapūrvā vā tan me vyākhyātum arhasi |