शरत्पद्मोत्सवं वक्त्रं वचश्च श्रवणामृतम् । हृदयं क्षुरधाराभं स्त्रीणां को वेद चेष्टितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
sarat-padmotsavam vaktram vacas ca sravanamrtam hrdayam ksura-dharabham strinam ko veda cestitam
- sarat
- in the autumn
- padma
- a lotus flower
- utsavam
- blossoming
- vaktram
- face
- vacah
- words
- ca
- and
- sravana
- to the ear
- amrtam
- giving pleasure
- hrdayam
- heart
- ksura-dhara
- the blade of a razor
- abham
- like
- strinam
- of women
- kah
- who
- veda
- knows
- cestitam
- the dealings.
A woman’s face is as attractive and beautiful as a blossoming lotus flower during autumn. Her words are very sweet, and they give pleasure to the ear, but if we study a woman’s heart, we can understand it to be extremely sharp, like the blade of a razor. In these circumstances, who could understand the dealings of a woman?