बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. LXXIV. Sl. 13-16 ] चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः 595 go astray. But men do not pay any heed to their sins. Hence women are better in this respect. बहिर्लोम्ना तु षण्मासान् वेष्टितः खरचर्मणा । दारातिक्रमणे भिक्षां देहीत्युक्त्वा विशुध्यति ॥१३॥ Sloka 13.—A man guilty of going astray in matters sexual will be absolved of the sin by begging alms for six months, wearing a donkey's hide with its hair exposed. न शतेनापि वर्षाणामपैति मदनाशयः । तत्राशक्त्या निवर्तन्ते नरा धैर्येण योषितः ॥१४॥ Sloka 14.—Even when men complete a centum of years, their sexual craving does not subside; but they refrain from the act only through incapacity, whereas women do so by conviction and courage. अहो धार्ष्ट्यमसाधूनां निन्दतामनघाः स्त्रियः । मुष्णतामिव चौराणां तिष्ठ चौरेति जल्पताम् ॥१५॥ Sloka 15.—How impudent are the immoral fellows that slander blameless women ! They are like the thieves actually found stealing and yet crying—“Thief, stop !” The aforesaid quotations amply prove Manu's great regard for women and how they were treated in ancient India, where there was no necessity for women to fight for equality. पुरुषश्चटुलानि कामिनीनां कुरुते यानि रहो न तानि पश्चात् । सुकृतज्ञतयाङ्गना गतासूनवगृह्य प्रविशन्ति सप्तजिह्वम् ॥१६॥ Sloka 16.—A man does not resort subsequently to the same coaxing words and actions as done in privacy with his sweet-hearts ; whereas the latter embrace their dead husbands out of gratitude for the good turns done unto them, and enter their funeral pyre.