चिन्तयेद्वीक्षयेद्वापि जननीं वा सुतामपि
If one contemplates or gazes upon one's mother or even one's daughter,
स याति नरकं घोरं संचिन्त्य श्वपचीमपि
He goes to a dreadful hell, even by thinking of a woman of low caste.
तस्य जन्मकृतं पुण्यं वृथा भवति नान्यथा
The merit earned from birth becomes wasted; it cannot be otherwise.
पुण्यस्य संक्षयात्पापी पाषाणाखुर्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
With the depletion of merit, the sinner surely becomes as hard as stone.
जनन्या अपि पादौ तु नादेयौ द्वादशाब्दिकैः
Even the feet of one's mother should not be touched by a twelve-year-old.
षष्ट्यतीतां सुतो ऽभ्यङ्गे नियुञ्जीत विचक्षणः
After sixty years, a wise son may perform anointing for her.
उभयोः पतनं प्रोक्तं रौरवे ऽङ्गारसंचये
The fall of both is declared, into Raurava, among heaps of embers.
वधूहस्तेन यः पापः पादशौचं करोति हि
He who, with the hand of a bride, performs the cleansing of feet commits sin.
सूचीमुखैः कृष्णवक्त्रोर्भुज्यते कल्पसंस्थितिम्
He is devoured by black-faced beings with needle-like mouths for a kalpa.
साभिलाषेण मनसा तत्क्षणात्पतते नरः
With desire in the mind, a man falls at that very moment.
यदिदं वर्तुलं वक्त्रं सोन्नतं दृश्यते शुभम्
Whenever this round, elevated, auspicious face is seen,
वसा मेदो ऽथ नयने सोज्वले स्त्रीषु संस्थिते
Fat, marrow, and the eyes shining brightly are found among women.
निम्नांशतां दर्शयति त्रिवली जठरस्थिता
The three folds at the waist, situated on the belly, display its downward curve.
मूत्रद्वारमिदं गुह्यं यत्र मुग्धं जगत्त्रयम्
This is the secret place, the urinary passage, where the three worlds are deluded.
भस्त्रावर्गाधिकं क्षिप्तं मांसं जघनवर्त्मनि
A mass of flesh, greater than a pair of bellows, is placed at the region of the hips.
शुक्रास्थिपूरितं मांसैः कथं सुन्दरतां व्रजेत्
How can that which is filled with semen and bone, covered with flesh, become beautiful?
विष्ठामूत्रमलैः पुष्टे को देहे रज्यते नरः
Who delights in a body nourished by excrement, urine, and filth?
धैर्यं कृत्वा व नारीं तामुवाच गजगामिनीम्
Then, gathering his courage, he spoke to that woman with the gait of an elephant.
तथा भूतासि चार्वङ्गि मानसोन्मादकारिणी
Thus you are, O lovely-limbed one, a cause of madness in the mind.
पश्य मूच्छान्वतनाथ जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
Behold, O lord of those who have fainted, all the moving and unmoving beings in the world.
स नास्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु यः पुमान्मम दर्शनात्
There is no man in the three worlds who, upon seeing me—
आत्मस्तुतिर्न कर्तव्या केनचिच्छुभमिच्छता
No one who desires good should praise themselves.
तथापि स्तवनं ब्रह्मन् कर्तव्यं कार्यहेतुना
Even so, O Brahman, praise should be offered for the sake of a purpose.
तमादिश जगन्नाथ क्षोभयिष्ये न संशयः
Command me, O Lord of the universe; I will agitate him, without doubt.
किं पुनश्चेतनोपेतः श्वासोच्छासी नरस्त्विति
What then of a man endowed with consciousness, who breathes in and out?
उन्मादकरणं नॄणां दुश्चरव्रतनाशनम्
It causes madness among men and destroys difficult vows.
भ्रूचापाक्षेपयुक्ताः श्रवणपथगता नीलपक्ष्माण एते यावल्लीलावतीनां न हृदि धृतिमुषो दृष्टिबाणाः पतन्ति
As long as the arrow-like glances of these playful women, equipped with the arch of the brow and blue lashes, do not fall upon the path of hearing, they do not steal steadiness from the heart.
भ्रूक्षेपविस्मितकटाक्षनिरीक्षनिरीक्षितानि कोपप्रसादहसितानि कुतः शशाङ्के
Where are those glances, marked by raised brows, astonishment, sidelong looks, anger, favor, and laughter, in the moon?
स्मृता च दृष्टा युवती नरेण विमोहयेदेव सुराधिका हि
A young woman, whether remembered or seen by a man, indeed bewilders him, surpassing even the gods.
तमादिशजगन्नाथ त्रैलोक्यं मोहयाम्यहम्
Command me, O Lord of the universe; I will delude the three worlds.