स्त्रीणां निरीक्षणस्पर्शसंलापक्ष्वेलनादिकम् । प्राणिनो मिथुनीभूतानगृहस्थोऽग्रतस्त्यजेत् ॥ ३३ ॥
strīṇāṁ nirīkṣaṇa-sparśa- saṁlāpa-kṣvelanādikam prāṇino mithunī-bhūtān agṛhastho ’gratas tyajet
- strīṇām
- in relation to women
- nirīkṣaṇa
- glancing
- sparśa
- touching
- saṁlāpa
- conversing
- kṣvelana
- joking or sporting
- ādikam
- and so on
- prāṇinaḥ
- living entities
- mithunī-bhūtān
- engaged in sex
- agṛha-sthaḥ
- a sannyāsī, vānaprastha or brahmacārī
- agrataḥ
- first of all
- tyajet
- should give up
Those who are not married — sannyāsīs, vānaprasthas and brahmacārīs — should never associate with women by glancing, touching, conversing, joking or sporting. Neither should they ever associate with any living entity engaged in sexual activities.