Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 38
The Rise of Soma-vaṁśa: Budha’s Birth and Purūravā–Urvaśī; The Origin of Karma-kāṇḍa in Tretā-yuga
विधायालीकविश्रम्भमज्ञेषु त्यक्तसौहृदा: । नवं नवमभीप्सन्त्य: पुंश्चल्य: स्वैरवृत्तय: ॥ ३८ ॥
vidhāyālīka-viśrambham ajñeṣu tyakta-sauhṛdāḥ navaṁ navam abhīpsantyaḥ puṁścalyaḥ svaira-vṛttayaḥ
女というものは男にたやすく誘惑されるものです。それゆえ、不貞な女は自分を案じてくれる男との友情を捨て、愚か者たちと偽りの友情を結び、次から次へと新しい男を求めるのです。
Because women are easily seduced, the Manu-saṁhitā enjoins that they should not be given freedom. A woman must always be protected, either by her father, by her husband, or by her elderly son. If women are given freedom to mingle with men like equals, which they now claim to be, they cannot keep their propriety. The nature of a woman, as personally described by Urvaśī, is to establish false friendship with someone and then seek new male companions, one after another, even if this means giving up the company of a sincere well-wisher.
FAQs
This verse says that when genuine affection is abandoned and false intimacy is cultivated among the ignorant, one develops a restless tendency to seek ever-new partners, driven by self-willed, uncontrolled conduct.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating this teaching while describing the moral dynamics within the Ninth Canto’s historical accounts.
It cautions against building relationships on deception and superficial validation; cultivate truthfulness, discernment, and steady commitment rather than chasing novelty through uncontrolled desire.