कुचावृतेंगे पुरुषो नारी बुद्ध्वा प्रवर्त्तते । का नारी वा पुमान्को वा विचारे सति किंचन
A man, seeing a woman whose body is covered by breasts, acts accordingly; but upon reflection, what is a woman or a man, after all?
तस्मात्सर्वात्मना साधुर्नारीसंगं विवर्जयेत् । को नाम नारीमासाद्य सिद्धिं प्राप्नोति भूतले
Therefore, the virtuous should completely avoid association with women; who, after approaching a woman, attains perfection on earth?
कामिनी कामिनीसंगि संगमित्यपि संत्यजेत् । तत्संगाद्रौरवमिति साक्षादेव प्रतीयते
One should even abandon association with a woman, and with those who associate with women; from such association, suffering is directly known.
अज्ञानाल्लोलुपा लोकास्तत्र दैवेन वंचिताः । साक्षान्नरककुंडेस्मिन्नारीयोनौ पचेन्नरः
People, being ignorant and greedy, are deceived by fate there; a man, in the womb of a woman, is cooked in the very cauldron of hell.
यत एवागतः पृथ्व्यां तस्मिन्नेव पुना रमेत् । यतः प्रसरते नित्यं मूत्रं रेतो मलोत्थितम्
Just as one comes to the earth, so too one delights again in that very place, from which constantly arise urine, semen, and other impurities.
तत्रैव रमते लोकः कस्तस्मादशुचिर्भवेत् । तत्रातिकष्टं लोकेस्मिन्नहो दैवविडंबना
There indeed the world takes pleasure—who then would be pure? Truly, in this world, how great is the mockery of fate!
पुनः पुना रमेत्तत्र अहो निस्त्रपता नृणाम् । तस्माद्विचारयेद्धीमान्नारीदोषगणान्बहून्
Again and again one delights there—alas, how shameless are people! Therefore, the wise should carefully consider the many faults of women.
मैथुनाद्बलहानिः स्यान्निद्राति तरुणायते । निद्रयापहृतज्ञानः स्वल्पायुर्जायते नरः
From sexual union comes loss of strength; sleep increases and youth fades; deprived of knowledge by sleep, a man becomes short-lived.
तस्मात्प्रयत्नतो धीमान्नारीं मृत्युमिवात्मनः । पश्येद्गोविंदपादाब्जे मनो वै रमयेद्बुधः
Therefore, the wise should diligently regard a woman as death itself for oneself, and the learned should delight their mind in the lotus feet of Govinda.
इहामुत्र सुखं तद्धि गोविंदपदसेवनम् । विहाय को महामूढो नारीपादं हि सेवते
Here and hereafter, true happiness is found in service to the feet of Govinda; abandoning this, what great fool would serve the feet of a woman?
जनार्द्दनांघ्रिसेवा हि ह्यपुनर्भवदायिनी । नारीणां योनिसेवा हि योनिसंकटकारिणी
Service to Janardana’s feet indeed grants liberation from rebirth, while service to the yoni of women brings only the distress of the womb.
पुनःपुनः पतेद्योनौ यंत्रनिष्पाचितो यथा । पुनस्तामेवाभिलषेद्विद्यादस्य विडंबनम्
Again and again one falls into the womb, as if pressed by a machine; yet one desires the same again—know this to be the mockery of fate.
ऊर्ध्वबाहुरहं वच्मि शृणु मे परमं वचः । गोविंदे धेहि हृदयं न योनौ यातनाजुषि
With arms raised I declare—hear my supreme word: place your heart in Govinda, not in the tormenting yoni.
नारीसंगं परित्यज्य यश्चापि परिवर्त्तते । पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
Whoever, abandoning association with women, turns away, attains at every step the fruit of an Ashvamedha sacrifice.
कुलांगना दैवयोगादूढा यदि नृणां सती । पुत्रमुत्पाद्य यस्तत्र तत्संगं परिवर्जयेत्
If, by divine arrangement, a virtuous woman is married to a man and bears a son, he should then renounce association with her.
तस्य तुष्टो जगन्नाथो भवत्येव न संशयः । नारीसंगो हि धर्मज्ञैरसत्संगः प्रकीर्त्यते
Of such a one, the Lord of the universe is pleased—there is no doubt; for the wise declare that association with women is association with the unworthy.
तस्मिन्सति हरौ भक्तिः सुदृढा नैव जायते । सर्वसंगं परित्यज्य हरौ भक्तिं समाचरेत्
While that exists, firm devotion to Hari does not arise; renouncing all association, one should cultivate devotion to Hari.
हरिभक्तिश्च लोकेत्र दुर्ल्लभा हि मता मम । हरौ यस्य भवेद्भक्तिः स कृतार्थो न संशयः
Devotion to Hari is rare in this world and the next, so I believe; whoever has devotion to Hari is fulfilled, without doubt.
तत्तदेवाचरेत्कर्म हरिः प्रीणाति येन हि । तस्मिंस्तुष्टे जगत्तुष्टं प्रीणिते प्रीणितं जगत्
One should perform only those actions by which Hari is pleased; when He is satisfied, the world is satisfied—when He is pleased, the world is pleased.
हरौ भक्तिं विना नॄणां वृथा जन्म प्रकीर्तितम् । ब्रह्मेशादि सुरा यस्य यजंते प्रीतिहेतवे
Without devotion to Hari, a person’s birth is said to be in vain; even Brahma, Shiva, and the gods worship Him for the sake of love.
नारायणमनाव्यक्तं न तं सेवेत को जनः । तस्य माता महाभागा पिता तस्य महाकृती
Who would not serve Narayana, the unmanifest? His mother is most blessed, his father truly great.
जनार्द्दनपदद्वंद्वं हृदये येन धार्यते । जनार्दनजगद्वंद्य शरणागतवत्सल
He who holds the twin feet of Janardana in his heart—Janardana, worshipped by the world, is compassionate to those who take refuge.
इतीरयंति ये मर्त्या न तेषां निरये गतिः । ब्राह्मणा हि विशेषेण प्रत्यक्षं हरिरूपिणः
Those mortals who act thus do not go to hell; for especially in the form of a brāhmaṇa, Hari is directly present.
पूजयेयुर्यथायोगं हरिस्तेषां प्रसीदति । विष्णुर्ब्राह्मणरूपेण विचरेत्पृथिवीमिमाम्
If they worship properly, Hari is pleased with them; Viṣṇu, in the form of a brāhmaṇa, wanders this earth.
ब्राह्मणेन विना कर्म्म सिद्धिं प्राप्नोति नैव हि । द्विजपादांबुभक्त्या यैः पीत्वा शिरसि चार्पितम्
Without a brāhmaṇa, indeed, no action attains success; those who, with devotion, drink the water from a twice-born's feet and place it on their head—
तर्पिता पितरस्तेन आत्मापि किल तारितः । ब्राह्मणानां मुखे येन दत्तं मधुरमर्चितम्
By that, the ancestors are satisfied, and the self is also surely delivered; whatever is sweetly offered and worshipped in the mouth of brāhmaṇas—
साक्षात्कृष्णमुखे दत्तं तद्वै भुंक्ते हरिः स्वयम् । अहोतिदुर्ल्लभा लोका प्रत्यक्षे केशवे द्विजे
That which is given directly into the mouth of Kṛṣṇa, Hari himself truly consumes; how rare are the worlds where Keśava is manifest in a brāhmaṇa!
प्रतिमादिषु सेवंते तदभावे हि तत्क्रिया । ब्राह्मणानामधिष्ठानात्पृथ्वी धन्येति गीयते
People serve images and the like, but in their absence, that act is performed; because of the presence of brāhmaṇas, the earth is called blessed.
तेषां पाणौ च यद्दत्तं हरिपाणौ तदर्पितम् । तेभ्यः कृतान्नमस्कारात्तिरस्कारो हि पाप्मताम्
Whatever is given into their hand is offered into the hand of Hari; by bowing to them, the stain of sin is cast aside.
मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यादि पापेभ्यो विप्रवंदनात् । तस्मात्सतां समाराध्यो ब्राह्मणो विष्णुबुद्धितः
One is freed from sins such as brahmahatyā by saluting the brāhmaṇas; therefore, a brāhmaṇa should be worshipped as Viṣṇu by the virtuous.