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
Tawa seorang wanita hanyalah pameran tulang; sepasang matanya yang terang itu laksana cemeti tajam. Gumpalan daging yang padat itu, penuh pada dada dan sebagainya—jika itulah singgasana nafsu, tidakkah wanita itu (juga) suatu neraka?
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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.