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## Study of Women (Stri Parijna Adhyayan)
**I**
Do not cooperate with women, do not allow them to wash your feet, do not accept such service. A Sadhu should renounce all actions through mind, speech, and body. Do not even think about sensual pleasures, do not bring them to mind, and do not consider those who indulge in them as good. Do not engage in such actions through speech or body. This is what one should understand. There are nine types of sensual pleasures, and nine types of divine pleasures. A Sadhu should observe and maintain celibacy in eighteen ways. Just as a Sadhu endures the touch of a woman, he should also endure cold, heat, dance, mosquitoes, grass, and all other touches. One who endures all touches is an An-gaar Sadhu. Who said this? The Digdarshan reveals it.
**Dhuamohe se Bhikkhu**
**Icchevmaahu se Vire, Dhuarae Tamha Ajjathavisuddhe, Suvimukke Amokkaae Parivjjaasi || 22 ||**
**Ttibemi Ityevmaahu: Sa Vire Dhutaraja: Dhutmoha: Sa Bhikkhu.**
**Tasmadaatmavisuddha: Suvipraamukta: Amokksaya Parivrajediiti || Bravimi ||**
**Shadow**
**Om Om Om**
**Translation:** These aforementioned words were spoken by the Lord Mahavira, who has eradicated all karmas, destroyed delusion, and attained the state of being free from attachment. Therefore, a Sadhu who is Atma-visuddha (pure in soul), free from all attachments, should remain engaged in the path of renunciation (Parivrajya) and practice of self-control until he attains liberation (Amokksha).
**Commentary:** 'Iti' and all that was said before, that was spoken by the Lord Mahavira, who is born with divine knowledge and dedicated to the welfare of others. 'Aahu' means he said, 'Dhutam' means cleansed, 'Apanitam Rajah' means removed karma, 'Dhuta Raja' means one who has removed karma caused by contact with women, 'Dhuta Moha' means one who has overcome delusion in the form of attachment and aversion. Another interpretation is 'Dhuta' means cleansed, 'Apanita Ragamargo' means one who has abandoned the path of attachment, 'Ragapantha' means the path of attachment, 'Yasmin' means in whom, 'Stri Sansthavaadi Parihare' means in the renunciation of contact with women and other such things. All this was spoken by the Lord Mahavira, who is a hero. 'Tasmat' means therefore, 'Sa Bhikkhu' means that Sadhu, 'Adhyatmavisuddha' means pure in spirit, 'Suvishuddhantakarana' means one with a pure mind, 'Sustu Ragadveshatmaken Stri Samparken Mukta' means one who is completely free from the attachment and aversion associated with contact with women, 'Amokksaya' means for the sake of liberation, 'Aseha Karmakshayam Yavatpari' means until all karmas are completely destroyed, 'Samantaatsanyamanusthanena' means by practicing self-control in all aspects, 'Vrajet' means he should go, 'Sanyamodyogavan' means one who is dedicated to self-control. 'Iti' means thus, 'Bravimi' means I say, as before. || 22 ||
Thus ends the fourth study of women (Stri Parijna Adhyayan).
**Commentary:** The description given earlier was spoken by the Lord Mahavira, who is a divine knower, dedicated to the welfare of others. He had eradicated all karmas that arise from contact with women and bind one, and he had conquered delusion in the form of attachment and aversion. There is another interpretation here, according to which the Lord Mahavira said that one should renounce contact with women, including praise and familiarity, and should not be attached to them. Therefore, a Sadhu should remain dedicated to self-control, with a pure mind and completely free from the attachment and aversion associated with contact with women, until all karmas are completely destroyed. The word 'Iti' indicates the end. 'Bravimi' is as before.
Thus ends the fourth study of women (Stri Parijna Adhyayan).