tasmāt sańgo na kartavyaḥ

strīṣu straiṇeṣu cendriyaiḥ

viduṣāḿ cāpy avisrabdhaḥ

ṣaḍ-vargaḥ kim u mādṛśām

tasmat -- therefore; sangah -- association; na kartavyah -- should never be made; strishu -- with women; straineshu -- with men attached to women; ca -- and; indriyaih -- by one's senses; vidusham -- of wise men; ca api -- even; avisrabdhah -- untrustworthy; shat-vargah -- the six enemies of the mind (lust, anger, greed, bewilderment, intoxication and envy); kim u -- what to speak; madrisam -- of persons like me.


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Therefore one should never let his senses associate freely with women or with men attached to women. Even those who are highly learned cannot trust the six enemies of the mind; what to speak, then, of foolish persons like me.

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