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Dasa-śruta-skandha-sūtra
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The essence - Being a woman in the worldly life is extremely painful, because it is very difficult for women to come and go from one village to another and from one halt to another. Just as the branch of a mango, the branch of a citron (bījōrē), the branch of an āmrātaka (a multi-seeded fruit), the branch of meat, the shoot of sugarcane, and the pod of the śālmalī tree are very desirable, sought after, and longed for by many men, similarly, women too are very desirable and longed for by many men. Therefore, womanhood is certainly a form of suffering, and manhood is virtuous.
Tenth stage
Commentary - In this sūtra, the cause of the karma of the ascetic (nirgrantha) is explained. The ascetic woman reflects on seeing the male ascetics that being a woman in the worldly life is very bad, because it is very difficult for her to go from one place to another. The reason is that just as a carnivorous bird swoops down on a piece of meat upon seeing it, desiring to obtain it, and just as people's mouths water upon seeing delicious fruits like mangoes, citrons (bījōrē), the fruit of the śālmalī tree, and the shoot of sugarcane, and they develop an intense desire to obtain them, similarly, many wicked men also become greedy upon seeing a woman and start looking at her with an evil eye, due to which the woman is always in fear of protecting her chastity, and therefore, it becomes very difficult for her to move around freely. Therefore, womanhood is a form of suffering, and manhood is virtuous. Men can go anywhere with complete freedom and fearlessness. They do not face any obstacles like women do.
Now the author, relating to the above topic, says:
"If there is this rule of yours, then we too will enjoy partaking of such gross sensual pleasures of men." This is not virtuous.