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"I will study the knowledge of women. I will practice the restraint called 'ruksha' or perhaps the restraint called 'maun'. There is a saying that the muni's 'maun' is a restraint. I will practice that restraint. O you who protect us from fear, teach me the Dharma, so that I may not become a vessel of suffering."
"And what else?"
Commentary: A young woman, adorned with various clothes and ornaments, may deceitfully tell a sadhu that she has renounced worldly life, that her husband is not agreeable to her, that he does not follow her wishes, or that she does not like him, or that he has abandoned her. Therefore, she will practice restraint. Sometimes, 'maun' is found in the scriptures. The muni's feeling is called 'maun', and its meaning is restraint. That woman says, "I will practice the Dharma of 'maun-samyama'. Therefore, O sadhu, you who deliver us from the fear of worldly transmigration, teach me the Dharma, give me the teachings of Dharma, so that I may not become a vessel of worldly suffering."
"A woman, pretending to be a 'shravaka', comes near a sadhu, saying, 'I am a 'sadharmini' of the 'shramanas'. Just as a water pot made of lac melts near a fire, so too, a wise man, a knowledgeable sadhu, becomes dejected in the company of a woman."
Commentary: Or, by the word 'pravade', it is meant that a woman, pretending to be a 'sadhvi', approaches a sadhu. By saying, "I am a 'shravaka' and a 'sadharmini' of your 'shramanas'," she comes close to him, and like a heap of sand, she corrupts the sadhu from Dharma. This is what is said: The proximity of a woman is a great harm to a 'brahmacharin'. And it is also said:
"Knowledge, that knowledge, that austerity, and that restraint, all are destroyed in a moment, all are destroyed by a woman."
In this very meaning, the sutrakara gives an example: Just as a pot made of lac, placed near a fire, melts, so too, a wise man, who knows what is to be known, becomes dejected in the company of women, and becomes lax in the practice of Dharma. What to speak of others?
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