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## The Study of Women
Thus, men who nurture their sons and follow all the commands of the woman signified by this, who are situated in the arising of the great delusion-producing karma, who are obedient to women of the "woman-directive" type, and who do not care at all about the ruin of this world and the next, are like camels who carry burdens.
**Verse 17**
> "Those who are awake even at night, like a wet nurse, establish the child. Even though they are of a very modest mind, they become like swans, washing clothes."
**Commentary**
> Men who are under the control of women, even at night, get up and, like a wet nurse, comfort the crying child by various kinds of soothing words. They say to him, "My son, you are the lord of Nakrapur, Hastipatan, Kalpapattan, Simhapura, a high place, a low place, Kukkhipura, Kanyakubja, the grandfather's mouth, and Shauryapura." Thus, men who are under the control of women, by various kinds of playful words and conversations, make the child happy. They do such things that they become a laughingstock for everyone. Those whose minds are very modest, even though they are modest, abandon their modesty and do even the most despicable deeds at the behest of women. The sutra-maker shows this by the parts of the sutra: "Washers of clothes" - like swans, like washermen, they become. And because this is a sign, they also do other things like carrying water.
**Verse 18**
> "Thus, many have done this before, those who are devoted to enjoyment. Like a slave, like a deer, like a beast, he is not, or is he?"
**Commentary**
> Thus, many have done this before, those who are devoted to enjoyment. Like a slave, like a deer, like a beast, he is not, or is he?