स्त्रीपुंप्रसङ्ग एतादृक्सर्वत्र त्रासमावह: । अपीश्वराणां किमुत ग्राम्यस्य गृहचेतस: ॥ १७ ॥
stri-pum-prasanga etadrk sarvatra trasam-avahah apisvaranam kim uta gramyasya grha-cetasah
- stri-pum-prasangah
- attraction between husband and wife, or man and woman
- etadrk
- like this
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- trasam-avahah
- the cause of fear
- api
- even
- isvaranam
- of controllers
- kim uta
- and what to speak of
- gramyasya
- of ordinary men of this material world
- grha-cetasah
- who are attached to materialistic household life.
The attraction between man and woman, or male and female, always exists everywhere, making everyone always fearful. Such feelings are present even among the controllers like Brahma and Lord Siva and is the cause of fear for them, what to speak of others who are attached to household life in this material world.