पदापि युवतीं भिक्षुर्न स्पृशेद् दारवीमपि । स्पृशन् करीव बध्येत करिण्या अङ्गसङ्गत: ॥ १३ ॥
padāpi yuvatīṁ bhikṣur na spṛśed dāravīm api spṛśan karīva badhyeta kariṇyā aṅga-saṅgataḥ
- padā
- with the foot
- api
- even
- yuvatīm
- a young girl
- bhikṣuḥ
- a saintly mendicant
- na
- not
- spṛśet
- should touch
- dāravīm
- made of wood
- api
- even
- spṛśan
- touching
- karī
- the elephant
- iva
- like
- badhyeta
- becomes captured
- kariṇyāḥ
- of the she-elephant
- aṅga-saṅgataḥ
- by contact with the body
A saintly person should never touch a young girl. In fact, he should not even let his foot touch a wooden doll in the shape of a woman. By bodily contact with a woman he will surely be captured by illusion, just as the elephant is captured by the she-elephant due to his desire to touch her body.