Sutra 55

Devanagari script

स्त्रीपानव्यसनयोः स्त्रीव्यसनमिति वातव्याधिः ॥ कZ_०८.३.५५ ॥

Transliteration

strī-pāna-vyasanayoḥ strī-vyasanam iti vātavyādhiḥ

Translation

Between the vices of women and drinking, Vātavyādhi holds that addiction to women is (the worse).

Word by Word

• स्त्रीपानव्यसनयोः: of the two vices—womanizing and drinking-addiction
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री / पान / व्यसन
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (समासान्त-पद); ‘स्त्री-व्यसन’ तथा ‘पान-व्यसन’—इन दो व्यसनों के (विषये)

• स्त्रीव्यसनम्: womanizing (addiction to women)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री / व्यसन
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; ‘स्त्री’ सम्बन्धी व्यसनम्

• इति: thus; as (it is) called
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: निपात; उक्तिवाचक/समाप्तिसूचक

• वातव्याधिः: a vāta-disorder (disease caused by vāta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात / व्याधि
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गम्; ‘वात’जन्यः व्याधिः

Entities Mentioned

• Vātavyādhi

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FAQs

Why might ‘women’ be judged worse than drinking?

Because intimate access can translate into influence, espionage vectors, succession manipulation, and durable factional alignments—risks not limited to the ruler’s health.