Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 101
Annadāna and the Obstruction of Viṣṇu-Darśana; Vāmadeva’s Teaching and the Vāsudeva Stotra Prelude
एवं स भक्षते मांसं स्वस्य कायस्य नित्यदा । योषिदप्यात्मकायं च रसैश्चामृतसन्निभैः
evaṃ sa bhakṣate māṃsaṃ svasya kāyasya nityadā | yoṣidapyātmakāyaṃ ca rasaiścāmṛtasannibhaiḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਹ ਸਦਾ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਸਰੀਰ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਭੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਮਾਨ ਰਸਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਭੋਗਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੀਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਦੇ ਕਾਇ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਭੋਗਦੀ ਹੈ।
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to confirm the dialogue frame, often Pulastya → Bhīṣma in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa).
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: योषिदपि = योषित् + अपि; रसैश्च = रसैः + च; चामृतसन्निभैः = च + अमृतसन्निभैः.
FAQs
It uses a stark metaphor: indulgence in sense-pleasures is portrayed as consuming one’s own body, warning that what feels “nectar-like” can still be spiritually and ethically destructive.
To highlight the deceptive attraction of sensual enjoyment—appearing sweet and life-giving, yet leading to harm through attachment and loss of self-control.
The phrasing contrasts “he” and “a woman also,” but the moral thrust is general: embodied beings who indulge in craving effectively damage themselves; it is a critique of lust/attachment rather than a gendered doctrine.