सुमन:समधर्मणां स्त्रीणां शरण आश्रमे पुष्पमधुगन्धवत्क्षुद्रतमं काम्यकर्मविपाकजं कामसुखलवं जैह्व्यौपस्थ्यादि विचिन्वन्तं मिथुनीभूय तदभिनिवेशितमनसंषडङ्घ्रिगणसामगीत वदतिमनोहरवनितादिजनालापेष्वतितरामतिप्रलोभितकर्णमग्रे वृकयूथवदात्मन आयुर्हरतोऽहोरात्रान्तान् काललवविशेषानविगणय्य गृहेषु विहरन्तं पृष्ठत एव परोक्षमनुप्रवृत्तो लुब्धक: कृतान्तोऽन्त:शरेण यमिह पराविध्यति तमिममात्मानमहो राजन् भिन्नहृदयं द्रष्टुमर्हसीति ॥ ५४ ॥
sumanah-sama-dharmanam strinam sarana asrame puspa-madhu-gandhavat ksudratamam kamya-karma-vipakajam kama-sukha-lavam jaihvyaupasthyadi vicinvantam mithuni-bhuya tad-abhinivesita-manasam sadanghri-gana-sama-gitavad atimanohara-vanitadi-janalapesv atitaram atipralobhita-karnam agre vrka-yuthavad atmana ayur harato ’ho-ratran tan kala-lava-visesan aviganayya grhesu viharantam prsthata eva paroksam anupravrtto lubdhakah krtanto ’ntah sarena yam iha paravidhyati tam imam atmanam aho rajan bhinna-hrdayam drastum arhasiti.
- sumanah
- flowers
- sama-dharmanam
- exactly like
- strinam
- of women
- sarane
- in the shelter
- asrame
- household life
- puspa
- in flowers
- madhu
- of honey
- gandha
- the aroma
- vat
- like
- ksudra-tamam
- most insignificant
- kamya
- desired
- karma
- of activities
- vipaka-jam
- obtained as a result
- kama-sukha
- of sense gratification
- lavam
- a fragment
- jaihvya
- enjoyment of the tongue
- aupasthya
- sex enjoyment
- adi
- beginning with
- vicinvantam
- always thinking of
- mithuni-bhuya
- engaging in sex life
- tat
- in his wife
- abhinivesita
- always absorbed
- manasam
- whose mind
- sat-anghri
- of bumblebees
- gana
- of crowds
- sama
- gentle
- gita
- the chanting
- vat
- like
- ati
- very
- manohara
- attractive
- vanita-adi
- beginning with the wife
- jana
- of people
- alapesu
- to the talks
- atitaram
- excessively
- ati
- very much
- pralobhita
- attracted
- karnam
- whose ears
- agre
- in front
- vrka-yutha
- a group of tigers
- vat
- like
- atmanah
- of one’s self
- ayuh
- span of life
- haratah
- taking away
- ahah-ratran
- days and nights
- tan
- all of them
- kala-lava-visesan
- the moments of time
- aviganayya
- without considering
- grhesu
- in household life
- viharantam
- enjoying
- prsthatah
- from the back
- eva
- certainly
- paroksam
- without being seen
- anupravrttah
- following behind
- lubdhakah
- the hunter
- krta-antah
- the superintendent of death
- antah
- in the heart
- sarena
- by an arrow
- yam
- whom
- iha
- in this world
- paravidhyati
- pierces
- tam
- that
- imam
- this
- atmanam
- yourself
- aho rajan
- O King
- bhinna-hrdayam
- whose heart is pierced
- drastum
- to see
- arhasi
- you ought
- iti
- thus
My dear King, woman, who is very attractive in the beginning but in the end very disturbing, is exactly like the flower, which is attractive in the beginning and detestable at the end. With woman, the living entity is entangled with lusty desires, and he enjoys sex, just as one enjoys the aroma of a flower. He thus enjoys a life of sense gratification—from his tongue to his genitals—and in this way the living entity considers himself very happy in family life. United with his wife, he always remains absorbed in such thoughts. He feels great pleasure in hearing the talks of his wife and children, which are like the sweet humming of bumblebees that collect honey from flower to flower. He forgets that before him is time, which is taking away his life-span with the passing of day and night. He does not see the gradual diminishing of his life, nor does he care about the superintendent of death, who is trying to kill him from behind. Just try to understand this. You are in a precarious position and are threatened from all sides.