पद्मनन्दि पंचविंशतिका Padmanandi Panchvinshatika
श्लोक 23
२३) याः खादन्ति पलं पिबन्ति च सुरां जल्पन्ति मिथ्यावचः स्निह्यन्ति द्रविणार्थमेव विदधत्यर्थप्रतिष्ठाक्षतिम्। नीचानामपि दूरवक्रमनसः पापात्मिकाः कुर्वते लालापानमहर्निशं न नरकं वेश्या विहायापरम् ।।२३ ।।
टीका – वेश्या विहाय अपरं नरकं न वर्तते। याः पलं मांसं खादन्ति। च पुनः। सुरां मदिरां पिबन्ति। याः वेश्याः मिध्यावचः असत्यं जल्पन्ति। याः वेश्याः द्रविणार्थं द्रव्यार्थं द्रव्ययुक्तं पुरुषम्। स्निह्यन्ति स्नेहं कुर्वन्ति। एव निश्चयेन। याः वेश्या अर्थप्रतिष्ठाक्षति अर्थप्रतिष्ठाविनाशं कुर्वन्ति। या वेश्या अहर्निशं दिवारात्रम्। लालापानं कुर्वते। केषाम्। नीचानामपि। विलक्षणाः वेश्याः । दूरवक्रमनसः दूरमतिशयेन वक्रमनसः। पुनः किंलक्षणाः वेश्याः। पापात्मिकाः। इति हेतोः। वेश्यां विहाय त्यक्त्वा अपरं नरकं न। किन्तु वेश्या एव नरकम् ॥२३॥
अर्थ – मनमें अत्यन्त कुटिलताको धारण करनेवाली जो पापिष्ठ वेश्यायें मांसको खाती हैं, मद्यको पीती हैं, असत्य वचन बोलती हैं, केवल धनप्राप्तिके लिये ही स्नेह करती हैं, धन और प्रतिष्ठा इन दोनोंको ही नष्ट करती हैं, तथा जो वेश्यायें नीच पुरुषोंकी भी लारको पीती हैं उन वेश्याओंकी छोड़कर दूसरा कोई नरक नहीं है, अर्थात् वे वेश्यायें नरकगतिप्राप्तिकी कारण हैं ।। २३ ।।
Verse 23 – IAST Transliteration
yāḥ khādanti palaṃ pibanti ca surāṃ jalpanti mithyāvacaḥ
snihyanti draviṇārtham eva vidadhaty artha-pratiṣṭhākṣatim |
nīcānām api dūravakra-manasāḥ pāpātmikāḥ kurvate
lālāpānam aharniśaṃ na narakaṃ veśyā vihāyāparam || 23 ||
English Translation
Those women who eat flesh, drink intoxicants,
speak falsehoods, and show affection only for the sake of wealth;
who destroy both wealth and reputation,
whose minds are crooked even toward the lowest of men,
who are sinful in nature and day and night drink the saliva of others—
apart from such prostitutes, there is no other hell.
In other words, abandoning such women is the only escape from hell,
for they themselves are verily the embodiment of hell.
Explanation
Those women who indulge in meat-eating, alcohol, false speech, and feigned affection for money alone—
who ruin both wealth and honor,
who possess extremely perverse minds,
and who shamelessly accept even the saliva of degraded men—
such women are themselves the very form of hell.
There is no hell greater than association with them.
One who seeks purity, restraint, and spiritual upliftment must completely avoid such conduct.
श्लोक 24
२४) रजकशिलासदृशीभिः कुर्युर कर्परसमानचरिताभिः । गणिकाभिर्यदि संगः कृतमिहपरलोकवार्ताभिः ।।२४ ।।
टीका – इह लोके संसारे। यदि चेत्। गणिकाभिः वेश्याभिः। संगः कृतः तदा परलोकवार्ताभिः कृतं पूर्यतां (?) पूर्णम्। किंलक्षणाभिः वेश्याभिः। रजकशिलासदृशीभिः कुर्कुर “कर्परसमानचरिताभिः ॥२४॥
टीका – जो वेश्यायें धोबीकी कपड़े धोनेकी शिलाके समान हैं तथा जिनका आचरण कुत्तेके कपालके समान है ऐसी वेश्याओंसे यदि संगति की जाती है तो फिर यहाँ परभवकी बातोंसे बस हो ।।
विशेषार्थ – जिस प्रकार धोबीके पत्थरपर अच्छे बुरे सब प्रकारके कपड़े धोये जाते हैं तथा जिस प्रकार एक ही कपालको अनेक कुत्ते खींचते हैं उसी प्रकार जिन वेश्याओंसे ऊँच और नीच सभी प्रकारके पुरुष सम्बन्ध रखते हैं उन वेश्याओंमें अनुरक्त रहनेसे इस भवमें धन और प्रतिष्ठाका नाश होता है तथा परभवमें नरकादिका महान् कष्ट भोगना पड़ता है। अत एव इस भव और पर भवमें आत्मकल्याणके चाहनेवाले सत्पुरुषोंको वेश्याव्यसनका परित्याग करना ही चाहिये ।। २४ ।।
Verse 24 – IAST Transliteration
rajakāśilāsadṛśībhiḥ kuryur karparasamānacaritrābhiḥ |
gaṇikābhir yadi saṅgaḥ kṛtam iha paralokavārtābhiḥ || 24 ||
English Translation
If one associates here in this world
with prostitutes who are like a washerman’s stone—
used by all without discrimination—
and whose conduct is like that of a dog gnawing a bone,
then all concern for the next world is lost.
In other words, association with such women destroys both this life and the next.
Expanded Explanation
Just as a washerman’s stone is used indiscriminately for all kinds of clothes—clean or dirty—and just as a single bone is pulled and gnawed by many dogs, so too are such prostitutes approached by men of all types, noble and base alike.
One who becomes attached to such women loses wealth, dignity, and moral direction in this world, and in the next world falls into severe suffering. Therefore, those who seek spiritual welfare in both this life and the next must completely abandon association with such conduct.
श्लोक 25-26
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