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Mokshadharma 12.168.49

12.168.49 Pingala

एकस्थूणं नवद्वारमपिधास्याम्यगारकम् । का हि कान्तमिहायान्तमयं कान्तेति मंस्यते ॥

ekasthūṇaṃ navadvāramapidhāsyāmyagārakam | kā hi kāntamihāyāntamayaṃ kānteti maṃsyate ||

I will close this little house of one pillar and nine doors. For which woman, now, will take a lover who comes here to be her beloved?

मैं एक खंभे और नौ द्वारों वाले इस छोटे-से घर को बंद कर दूँगी। अब कौन स्त्री यहाँ आने वाले प्रेमी को अपना प्रियतम मानेगी?

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

The body with its nine openings is the house where we keep waiting for satisfaction from outside. Pingala decides to stop waiting at the door.

नौ द्वारों वाला शरीर वह घर है जहाँ हम बाहर से तृप्ति की राह देखते रहते हैं। पिंगला दरवाज़े पर इंतज़ार करना छोड़ देती है।

Mahabharata 12.168.49: Pingala resolves to close the house of one pillar and nine doors (the body); what woman, she asks, would take any lover arriving here for the true beloved?

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