Shikshasamuccaya 375

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Likewise, in that very text it is said: "Then, with such wealth sought through suffering and accumulated for the sake of their own livelihood, they are not able to give a gift to renunciants and brahmins, or to the miserable, mendicants, and beggars—subdued by women, conquered by women, restrained by women, slaves to women. Through that very love for a woman, solely for her maintenance, they are unable to give gifts or undertake ethical discipline. Being infatuated with her, he endures the abuse of the woman, and he also endures intimidation, glared looks, and rebukes. Intimidated by the woman, that man sinks down, desponds, and looks only for her pleasure; and for the sake of sensual pleasure, by reason of sensual pleasure, he falls into her power. This, great king, is the fault of a man greedy for sensual pleasure, intent on the pleasure of excrement, delighting in impurity, and behaving without clear comprehension... [and so forth].