Verse 45

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chapter
Censure of Womenकामिनीगर्हणम्
Chhanda
Sragdharāस्रग्धरा

[shringara-45]

आवर्तः संशयानामविनयभुवनं पडणं साहसानांदोषाणां संनिधानं कपटशतमयं क्षेत्रमप्रत्ययानांस्वर्गद्वारस्य विघ्नो नरकपुरमुखं सर्वमायाकरण्डंस्त्रीयन्त्रं केन सृष्टं विषममृतमयं प्राणिलोकस्य पाशः ॥४५॥

āvartaḥ saṃśayānāmavinayabhuvanaṃ paḍaṇaṃ sāhasānāṃdoṣāṇāṃ saṃnidhānaṃ kapaṭaśatamayaṃ kṣetramapratyayānāṃsvargadvārasya vighno narakapuramukhaṃ sarvamāyākaraṇḍaṃstrīyantraṃ kena sṛṣṭaṃ viṣamamṛtamayaṃ prāṇilokasya pāśaḥ ||45||

Translation

‘A whirlpool of suspicions; a world of rudeness; a city of enticing acts; a treasure of all faults; filled with hundreds of trickeries; field of distrusts; the obstacle to the door of heaven; the doorway to hell; the basket of all magical feats’! Who made this woman-machine, which is filled with poison, yet tasting like nectar and which acts as a trap catching the beings of this earth! ॥ 45 ॥