Shloka 19
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
विण्मूत्रपिच्छिले स्त्रीणां तथा कोष्ठे मयोषितम् ।
पीडाश्च सुभृशं प्राप्ता रोगाणां च सहस्रशः ॥
viṇmūtra-picchile strīṇāṃ tathā koṣṭhe mayoṣitam | pīḍāś ca subhṛśaṃ prāptā rogāṇāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ ||
பெண்களின் உடல் மலம்-மூத்திரத்தால் பூசப்பட்டதுபோல் உள்ளது; அதுபோல கருப்பைக்குள் மாம்சமயமான ‘பெண்’—அதாவது உடலின் அசுத்த உள்ளடக்கம்—இருக்கிறது. பெரும் வேதனைகள் தாங்கப்பட்டன; ஆயிரமாயிர நோய்களும்.
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FAQs
The verse uses stark body-contemplation to reduce fascination with sensual objects and to expose the inevitability of bodily suffering. The ethical aim is dispassion, not contempt—redirecting desire toward higher pursuit.
Ascetic/gnostic instruction within narrative; not a pancalakṣaṇa item.
Aśubha-bhāvanā is a yogic antidote to rāga (attachment). By seeing the body as a composite of impure processes, the seeker loosens identification and prepares for steadiness in meditation.