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## Agam Sutra 39, Chhed Sutra-5, 'Mahanishith'
Study/Purpose/Sutra Number Corruption, hatred, despicable, sinful, most sinful among sinners, impure. O Gautam! A woman, with cleverness, fear, cowardice, greed, madness, lust, pride, dependence, rape, knowingly corrupts herself in restraint and virtue. Stay away from a woman who engages in improper conduct without abandoning her attire, repeatedly desires to be enjoyed by a man, and plays with a man, on the path of the road, in the village, in the city, in the capital. According to what is said further, she is not even worthy of being seen.
Similarly, if a sadhu sees such a woman, then with madness, pride, lust, dependence, willingly, knowingly, without fear of sin, an Acharya, an ordinary sadhu, a king praised, one who has gained wind, one who has gained penance, one who has gained yoga, one who has gained knowledge, a leader of the age, a preacher who influences, such a Muni, if he engages in sexual play with another woman, desires her, wants to enjoy her, or enjoys her, repeatedly enjoys her, or engages in conduct that is not worthy of being done with excessive attachment, then that Muni is extremely wicked, insignificant, of small character, unworthy, not to be worshipped, not to be seen, harmful, unrefined, inauspicious, not auspicious, blameworthy, censurable, hateful, despicable. He is a sinner, and among sinners, he is a great sinner, he is a very great sinner, of corrupt character, one who is extremely corrupt in virtue, one who performs great sinful karma.
Therefore, when he is ready to perform atonement, he experiences the state of Samadhi-death in the best way, like a horse of the low caste, who has the power of Vajra-Rishabha-Narachan-Sanghyan, who has excellent prowess, excellent character, knowledge of the best principles, excellent strength and ability, excellent combination, excellent faith in Dharma, while performing atonement. O Gautam! Such virtuous sadhus, who avoid the eighteen sinful places, who follow the secrecy of the nine Brahmacharyas, are described in the scriptures as having such qualities. Sutra-405
O Bhagavan! Is there purification through atonement? O Gautam! Some people are purified, and some are not. O Bhagavan! Why do you say that one is purified and one is not? O Gautam! If a man is of the nature of Maya, arrogance, deceit, cheating, of crooked conduct, he performs atonement while remaining with a soul full of thorns. Therefore, their inner consciousness is not purified, and they have a polluted intention. Therefore, they are not purified. Some souls are simple, who, in the same way that they have been blamed, truly request the Guru. Therefore, they are free from thorns, free from doubt, with a completely pure heart, they accept open criticism, and perform atonement with the right attitude. They are purified with purity and freedom from impurities. Therefore, it is said that one who has a pure intention is purified, and one who has thorns cannot be purified. Sutra-406-407
O Gautam! This woman is like a downpour of wealth, like a vast expanse of land, for all the sinful deeds, all the unrighteousness of a man. She is like a mine of the mud of delusion and karma-dust, an obstacle to the path of liberation, a ladder to descend into hell, a poisonous creeper without roots, a fireless hearth, food without a cure for indigestion, a disease without a name, a swoon without consciousness, a seizure without a cause, a prison without chains, a noose without a rope, death without a cause, or sudden death. All the similes mentioned can be applied to a woman. A man should not even think about enjoying such a woman in his mind, he should not make such a determination, he should not do it with prayer, contemplation, choice, or resolution, desire, remembrance, in three ways, in three ways.
O Gautam! Just as the presiding deity of a Vidya or Mantra harms its practitioner, in the same way, a woman also harms a man and creates a stain. The Muni who resolves to kill sin, the one who...