Shloka 17
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
हासोऽस्थिसन्दर्शनमक्षियुग्ममत्युज्ज्वलं तर्जनमङ्गनायाः ।
कुचादिपीनं पिशितं घनं तत्स्थानं रतेः किं नरकं न योषित् ॥
hāso 'sthisandarśanam akṣiyugmam atyujjvalaṃ tarjanam aṅganāyāḥ / kucādipīnaṃ piśitaṃ ghanaṃ tat sthānaṃ rateḥ kiṃ narakaṃ na yoṣit
Le rire d’une femme n’est qu’une exhibition d’os ; sa paire d’yeux si brillants est un aiguillon acéré. Cette masse compacte de chair, pleine aux seins et autres—si cela est le siège de la passion, la femme n’est‑elle pas (aussi) un enfer ?
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FAQs
The verse is an anti-lust contemplation: it shocks the mind out of fascination by recalling bodily materiality, urging mastery over kāma rather than objectifying fixation.
Didactic/renunciatory counsel inside narrative; not pancalakṣaṇa cosmology or genealogy.
It functions as a meditative reversal (viparīta-bhāvanā): the attractive is re-seen as perishable constituents, weakening rāga and supporting inner freedom.