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UTTARADHYAYANA.
As in a forest, full of fuel, a fire fanned by the wind cannot be extinguished, so the fire (as it were) of the senses of him who eats as he lists; it does not benefit any chaste man. (11)
The mind of those who always live in unfrequented lodgings, who eat low food, and who subdue their senses, will not be attacked by the foe, Love, who is vanquished as disease is by medicine. (12)
As it is not safe for mice to live near the dwelling of a cat, so a chaste (monk) cannot stay in a house inhabited by women. (13)
A Sramana, engaged in penance, should not allow himself to watch the shape, beauty, coquetry, laughter, prattle, gestures, and glances of women, nor retain a recollection of them in his mind. (14)
Not to look at, nor to long for, not to think of, nor to praise, womankind : this is becoming the meditation of the noble ones, and it is always wholesome to those who delight in chastity. (15)
Though those who possess the three Guptis, cannot be disturbed even by well-adorned goddesses, still it is recommended to monks to live by themselves, as this is wholesome in every way. (16)
To a man who longs for liberation, who is afraid of the Samsara, and lives according to the Law, nothing in the world offers so many difficulties as women who delight the mind of the ignorant. (17)
To those who have overcome the attachment (to women), all others will offer no difficulties ? ; even as to those who have crossed the great ocean, no river, though big like the Ganges, (will offer any difficulty). (18)
· Duttara.
• Suuttara.
