Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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707
ìLust, anger, greed, pride etc., constitute the most powerful army of Ignorance.
But among them all the fiercest and the most troublesome is that incarnation of Måyå (the
Lordís deluding potency) called woman.î (43)
øı0ó‚ÈŸÈ ◊ÈÁŸ ∑§„U ¬È⁄UÊŸ üÊÈÁà ‚¢ÃÊ – ◊Ù„U Á’Á¬Ÿ ∑§„È°U ŸÊÁ⁄U ’‚¢ÃÊH
¡¬ ì Ÿapple◊ ¡‹ÊüÊÿ ¤ÊÊ⁄UË – „UÙß ª˝Ë·◊ ‚Ù·ß ‚’ ŸÊ⁄UËH 1H
∑§Ê◊ ∑˝§Ùœ ◊Œ ◊à‚⁄ U ÷apple∑§Ê – ßã„UÁ„U „U⁄U·¬˝Œ ’⁄U·Ê ∞∑§ÊH
ŒÈ’ʸ‚ŸÊ ∑ȧ◊ÈŒ ‚◊ÈŒÊ߸ – ÁÃã„U ∑§„°U ‚⁄UŒ ‚ŒÊ ‚ÈπŒÊ߸H 2H
œ◊¸ ‚∑§‹ ‚⁄U‚ËL§„U ’¢ÎŒÊ – „UÙß Á„U◊ ÁÃã„UÁ„U Œ„Uß ‚Èπ ◊¢ŒÊH
¬ÈÁŸ ◊◊ÃÊ ¡flÊ‚ ’„ÈUÃÊ߸ – ¬‹È„Uß ŸÊÁ⁄U Á‚Á‚⁄U Á⁄UÃÈ ¬Ê߸H 3H
¬Ê¬ ©U‹Í∑§ ÁŸ∑§⁄U ‚Èπ∑§Ê⁄UË – ŸÊÁ⁄U ÁŸÁ’«∏U ⁄U¡ŸË •°Áœ•Ê⁄UËH
’ÈÁœ ’‹ ‚Ë‹ ‚àÿ ‚’ ◊ËŸÊ– ’Ÿ‚Ë ‚◊ ÁòÊÿ ∑§„U®„U ¬˝’ËŸÊH 4H
Cau.: sunu muni kaha puråna ‹ruti sa≈tå, moha bipina kahu° nåri basa≈tå.
japa tapa nema jalå‹raya jhår∂, hoi gr∂ama soai saba når∂.1.
kåma krodha mada matsara bhekå, inhahi haraaprada baraå ekå.
durbåsanå kumuda samudå∂, tinha kaha° sarada sadå sukhadå∂.2.
dharma sakala saras∂ruha bæ≈då, hoi hima tinhahi dahai sukha ma≈då.
puni mamatå javåsa bahutå∂, paluhai nåri sisira ritu på∂.3.
påpa ulµuka nikara sukhakår∂, nåri nibiRa rajan∂ a° dhiår∂.
budhi bala s∂la satya saba m∂nå, banas∂ sama triya kahahiÚ prab∂nå.4.
ì Listen, O sage: the Puråƒas, the Vedas and the saints declare that woman is like
the vernal season to the forest of ignorance. Nay, like the hot season she dries up all the
ponds and lakes of Japa (the muttering of prayers), austerity and religious observances.
Again, lust, anger, pride and jealousy are so many frogs as it were; like the rainy season
woman is the only agency that gladdens them all. Even so latent desires of a vicious type
are like a bed of lilies, to which, like the autumn, she is ever agreeable. All the different
virtues are like a bed of lotuses; like the middle of winter, woman, who is a source of base
(sensuous) pleasure, blights them all. Again, the overgrowth of the Yavåsa plant in the
shape of mineness flourishes when the close of winter in the shape of woman appears. For
owls in the shape of sins woman is a delightful night thick with darkness. Even so reason,
strength, virtue and truth are all so many fishes as it were; and woman, so declare the wise,
is like a hook to catch them.î
ŒÙ0ó•flªÈŸ ◊Í‹ ‚Í‹¬˝Œ ¬˝◊ŒÊ ‚’ ŒÈπ πÊÁŸ–
ÃÊÃapple ∑§Ëã„U ÁŸflÊ⁄UŸ ◊ÈÁŸ ◊Ò¥ ÿ„U Á¡ÿ° ¡ÊÁŸH 44H
(1ó4)
Do.: avaguna mµula sµulaprada pramadå saba dukha khåni,
tåte k∂nha nivårana muni maiÚ yaha jiya° jåni.44.
ìA young woman is the root of all evil, a source of torment and a mine of all woes.
Therefore, bearing this in mind, O sage, I prevented your marriage.î (44)
øı0ó‚ÈÁŸ ⁄UÉÊȬÁà ∑apple§ ’øŸ ‚È„UÊ∞ – ◊ÈÁŸ ß ¬È‹∑§ ŸÿŸ ÷Á⁄U •Ê∞H
∑§„U„ÈU ∑§flŸ ¬˝÷È ∑Ò§ •Á‚ ⁄UËÃË – ‚applefl∑§ ¬⁄U ◊◊ÃÊ •L§ ¬˝ËÃËH 1H
¡apple Ÿ ÷¡Á„¢U •‚ ¬˝÷È ÷˝◊ àÿÊªË – ÇÿÊŸ ⁄¢U∑§ Ÿ⁄U ◊¢Œ •÷ʪËH
¬ÈÁŸ ‚ÊŒ⁄U ’Ù‹apple ◊ÈÁŸ ŸÊ⁄UŒ – ‚ÈŸ„ÈU ⁄UÊ◊ Á’ÇÿÊŸ Á’‚Ê⁄UŒH 2H