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Useful Moral Teachings for Observing Brahmacharya (Celibacy)
Yoga Shastra, Second Canto, Verse 105:
The dull-witted human youth embraces the breasts of young women with delight, but forgets the pain caused by the hell-like torment. The simple-minded being dwells amidst women who cast sidelong glances at him moment by moment, but forgets that he is in the midst of the ocean of transmigration. The lustful man is attracted to the triple-fold (triveni) waves of the bellies of deluded women, but does not realize that this is the Vaitarani River that drowns him in the ocean of existence.
The man's lust-afflicted mind remains submerged in the pool-like navel of the woman, but does not sink into the tranquil waters of equanimity, the abode of happiness. He knows the ladder for the Kama-deva (god of love) to climb the creeper-like body hair of women, but does not know that this is the iron chain that binds him in the prison of this world.
The wicked man joyfully indulges in the vast hips of the woman, but does not know that she is the shore of this ocean of existence. The dull-witted man, like a donkey, considers himself fortunate to enjoy the thighs of young women, but does not understand that these women are the obstacles to attaining the right path.
Thinking himself blessed after being kicked by women, he does not realize that they are pushing him down to a lower state of existence. Wise men should renounce such women who destroy the virtuous life of a person through their sight, touch, and embrace, considering them as venomous serpents.
Women are crooked like the crescent moon, momentary in their passion like the redness of evening, and downward-going like a river, and therefore, they are to be abandoned. The lust-blinded women do not see anything - neither dignity, courtesy, charity, honor, self-interest, nor the interest of others. The harm caused by an enraged lion, tiger, or snake is less than the unlimited harm caused by an unrestrained woman.
The women who are the embodiment of lust are like elephants, capable of striking the whole world. Therefore, they should be avoided from a distance. Recite any mantra or worship any deity that can protect you from the demoness-like nature of women that can destroy your life.
It is universally accepted that women are unchaste and prone to fall into sensual indulgence. It seems as if the cruel Brahma has created women by combining the tongue of the serpent Yama and the sprout of poison. While lightning may sometimes become stable, the wind may stop blowing, but a woman's mind never remains steady.
Even the most intelligent men are deceived without the use of mantras and tantras, so where did women learn this illusionary art? Women also possess the remarkable skill of lying, where they can conceal even the most obvious misdeeds with such finesse that the listener will believe it to be completely true.
Just as a person afflicted with jaundice considers a yellow stone to be gold, or a deluded person considers the pain caused by lust as pleasure, similarly, a person under the influence of infatuation considers the suffering caused by the company of women as happiness. Whether it is a matted-haired ascetic, a topknot-wearing Brahmin, a shaven-headed monk, a silent sage, a naked ascetic, or even Lord Brahma himself, if he is unchaste, I do not like him.
Just as a person who is afflicted with an itch considers the pain of scratching it as pleasure, similarly, a being under the control of the irresistible Cupid considers the suffering of sexual intercourse as happiness. Poets have compared women to golden statues, but why are these lustful men not satisfied by embracing these golden statues?
The despicable and secret parts of women are the ones that infatuate the deluded human, so what else can detach him from them? The truly sad thing is that the ignorant and deluded human even compares the disgusting limbs made of flesh and bones to the moon, lotus, and jasmine, thereby defiling these beautiful objects.
The foolish lustful man places the heavy and thick-bodied woman on his chest during sexual play, but does not realize that this is the stone tied around his neck to drown him in the ocean of existence. Therefore, O wise disciple! Renounce women, considering them as the tides of the ocean of existence, the prey of the hunter called lust, the intoxicating liquor that makes one mad, the mirage of sensual objects in the desert, the darkness of the new moon night, and the mine of calamities.