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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.14.37

స్త్రియో హ్యకరుణా: క్రూరా దుర్మర్షా: ప్రియసాహసా: । ఘ్నన్త్యల్పార్థేఽపి విశ్రబ్ధం పతిం భ్రాతరమప్యుత ॥ ౩౭ ॥
striyo hy akaruṇāḥ krūrā
[striyo hy akarunaah krooraa]
durmarṣāḥ priya-sāhasāḥ
[durmarshaah priya-saahasaah]
ghnanty alpārthe ’pi viśrabdhaṁ
[ghnanty alpaarthe ’pi vishrabdham]
patiṁ bhrātaram apy uta
[patim bhraataram apy uta]
striyaḥ — women hi — indeed akaruṇāḥ — merciless krūrāḥ — cunning durmarṣāḥ — intolerant priya-sāhasāḥ — for their own pleasure they can do anything ghnanti — they kill alpa-arthe — for a slight reason api — indeed viśrabdham — faithful patim — husband bhrātaram — brother api — also uta — it is said.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
striyo hy akaruṇāḥ krūrā
striyaḥ
women
hi
indeed
akaruṇāḥ
merciless
krūrāḥ
cunning
durmarṣāḥ priya-sāhasāḥ
durmarṣāḥ
intolerant
priya-sāhasāḥ
for their own pleasure they can do anything
ghnanty alpārthe ’pi viśrabdhaṁ
ghnanti
they kill
alpa-arthe
for a slight reason
patiṁ bhrātaram apy uta
api
indeed
viśrabdham
faithful
patim
husband
bhrātaram
brother
api
also
uta
it is said.
Women as a class are merciless and cunning. They cannot tolerate even a slight offense. For their own pleasure they can do anything irreligious, and therefore they do not fear killing even a faithful husband or brother.

King Purūravā was greatly attached to Urvaśī. Yet despite his faithfulness to her, she had left him. Now, considering that the King was wasting his rarely achieved human form of life, Urvaśī frankly explained the nature of a woman. Because of her nature, a woman can respond to even a slight offense from her husband by not only leaving him but even killing him if required. To say nothing of her husband, she can even kill her brother. That is a woman’s nature. Therefore, in the material world, unless women are trained to be chaste and faithful to their husbands, there cannot be peace or prosperity in society.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Women as a class are merciless, cruel, intolerant, and will do anything for their pleasure. For the slightest reason they will kill a faithful husband or brother. Hear about the nature of women in whom you put your faith and waste your rare human life. She expresses this in two verses. Durmarṣāḥ means women cannot tolerate offense. Priya-sāhasāḥ means they are bold enough to commit sin to get pleasure.
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