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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
"Like the waves of the ocean, their nature is fickle, like the red hues of the evening clouds, their passions are fleeting. Women, having achieved their purpose, deem men useless, and discard them like a used piece of lac." (2)
Here, a story is presented to understand the nature of women. A young man, leaving his home, set out for Pataliputra to study the Vaisheshika Kamashastra, a treatise on the nature of women. On the way, he encountered a woman in a village. She said, "Your hands and feet are delicate, your form is beautiful, where are you going?" He told her the truth. She said, "After studying the Vaisheshika, come back this way." He agreed. After studying, he returned, and she treated him well with baths, meals, and various gestures and glances, captivating his heart. He became enamored with her. When he tried to take her hand, she cried out loudly. When people gathered, she threw a water pot on his head, saying, "Just as he is not dead from the water that touched his neck, so I am not wet by this water." When the crowd dispersed, she asked him, "Have you learned about the nature of women from your study of the Vaisheshika Shastra?" Thus, the character of women is difficult to understand, and there is no reliance to be placed on them. As it is said,
"One thing is spoken, another is done, one thing is in front, another behind. One thing is yours, another is mine, everything about women is something else." (1)
Now, to show the consequences of association with women, it is said:
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The actions performed to nourish a woman are called "Stri Posha" or "Poshaka." Those who are involved in such actions have come to know their faults. Those who know the nature of women, the "Stri Vega" - the nature of women, know that women are inherently full of Maya (illusion). Their nature is deceitful. Those who are skilled in knowing this, who are "Utpadak" - those who have a mind that is born from the "Utpad" (creation), and others, are blinded by great delusion. They become slaves to women, who are the path of coming and going in the world. They do not know what is right or wrong, and do whatever women tell them to do. Women laugh to get their work done, they give assurances, but they never trust themselves. Therefore, men of high lineage and good character should avoid women like a deserted marketplace. It is said, "Like the waves of the ocean, their nature is fickle, like the red hues of the evening clouds, their passions are fleeting. Women, having achieved their purpose, deem men useless, and discard them like a used piece of lac." (2)
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