सङ्गं न कुर्यात्प्रमदासु जातु योगस्य पारं परमारुरुक्षु: । मत्सेवया प्रतिलब्धात्मलाभो वदन्ति या निरयद्वारमस्य ॥ ३९ ॥
sangam na kuryat pramadasu jatu yogasya param param aruruksuh mat-sevaya pratilabdhatma-labho vadanti ya niraya-dvaram asya
- sangam
- association
- na
- not
- kuryat
- one should make
- pramadasu
- with women
- jatu
- ever
- yogasya
- of yoga
- param
- culmination
- param
- topmost
- aruruksuh
- one who aspires to reach
- mat-sevaya
- by rendering service unto Me
- pratilabdha
- obtained
- atma-labhah
- self-realization
- vadanti
- they say
- yah
- which women
- niraya
- to hell
- dvaram
- the gateway
- asya
- of the advancing devotee.
One who aspires to reach the culmination of yoga and has realized his self by rendering service unto Me should never associate with an attractive woman, for such a woman is declared in the scripture to be the gateway to hell for the advancing devotee.