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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.14.30

न तथास्य भवेत् क्लेशो बन्धश्चान्यप्रसङ्गत: । योषित्सङ्गाद् यथा पुंसो यथा तत्सङ्गिसङ्गत: ॥ ३० ॥
na tathāsya bhavet kleśo
[na tathaasya bhavet klesho]
bandhaś cānya-prasaṅgataḥ
[bandhash chaanya-prasangatah]
yoṣit-saṅgād yathā puṁso
[yoshit-sangaad yathaa pumso]
yathā tat-saṅgi-saṅgataḥ
[yathaa tat-sangi-sangatah]
Word-for-word
na — not tathā — like that asya — of him bhavet — could be kleśaḥ — suffering bandhaḥ — bondage ca — and anya-prasaṅgataḥ — from any other attachment yoṣit — of women saṅgāt — from attachment yathā — just as puṁsaḥ — of a man yathā — similarly tat — to women saṅgi — of those attached saṅgataḥ — from the association.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na tathāsya bhavet kleśo
na
not
tathā
like that
asya
of him
bhavet
could be
kleśaḥ
suffering
bandhaś cānya-prasaṅgataḥ
bandhaḥ
bondage
ca
and
anya-prasaṅgataḥ
from any other attachment
yoṣit-saṅgād yathā puṁso
yoṣit
of women
saṅgāt
from attachment
yathā
just as
puṁsaḥ
of a man
yathā tat-saṅgi-saṅgataḥ
yathā
similarly
tat
to women
saṅgi
of those attached
saṅgataḥ
from the association.
Of all kinds of suffering and bondage arising from various attachments, none is greater than the suffering and bondage arising from attachment to women and intimate contact with those attached to women.
Purport

One should make a great endeavor to give up intimate contact with women and those fond of women. A learned gentleman will automatically be on guard if placed in intimate contact with lusty women. In the company of lusty men, however, the same man may engage in all kinds of social dealings and thus be contaminated by their polluted mentality. Association with lusty men is often more dangerous than association with women and should be avoided by all means. There are innumerable verses in the Bhāgavatam describing the intoxication of material lust. Suffice it to say that a lusty man becomes exactly like a dancing dog and, by the influence of Cupid, loses all gravity, intelligence and direction in life. The Lord warns here that one who surrenders to the illusory form of a woman suffers unbearably in this life and the next.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Of all kinds of suffering and bondage arising from various attachments, none is greater than the suffering and bondage arising from attachment to women and intimate contact with people attached to women. One should take great efforts to avoid association with women or those associated with women. By association with women, one’s shyness and position become destroyed. Association with persons associating with women does not generally destroy shyness and position, but such persons create attachment to women by conversations with those persons, and this makes one give up shyness and position. But it is not like association with women. Thus it is mentioned after the mention of women.
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Personal Guidance
Of all suffering and bondage from attachments, none is greater than that from attachment to sexual partners and those near them. The teaching is uncomfortable but precise.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does this teaching match my own experience?
  • How might I respect it without becoming harsh?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

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