Shloka : 161

नरेक्ष्यनाभ्यूरु़कुचाऽनुत्तरीया च नो भवेत् ।

साध्वी स्त्री न च भण्डेक्षा न निर्लज्जादिसंडि.गनी ॥ 161 ॥

અને પતિવ્રતા એવી જે સુવાસિની સ્ત્રીઓ, તેમણે પોતાની નાભી, સાથળ અને છાતી તેને બીજો પુરુષ દેખે એમ ન વર્તવું. અને ઓઢ્યાના વસ્ત્ર વિના ઉઘાડે શરીરે ન રહેવું. અને ભાંડભવાઈ જોવા ન જવું. અને નિર્લજ્જ એવી જે સ્ત્રીઓ તથા સ્વૈરિણી, કામિની અને પુંશ્ચલી એવી જે સ્ત્રીઓ, તેમનો સંગ ન કરવો. ॥ 161 ॥

And the married women, who are faithful and devoted to their respective husbands, they should not behave in such a way that their naval, thighs or breasts are visible to some other men; and always wear a wrap-around cloth to cover the body; and should not visit the humorous street plays like ‘Bhand Bhavai’; and should not remain in contact of shameless women and that of the women who are 'Swairini', 'Kamini' or 'Punschali'. || 161 ||

Commentary

'Sadhvi' i.e. a chaste woman means a woman having good character and who follows code of conduct etc. i.e. having saintly qualities. This term has been used in singular to indicate all the women i.e. married, unmarried, widowed, all of them. The women should not behave in such a way that men can see her naval, thighs and breasts. And ‘Uttariya’ i.e. a cloth used to wrap-around the body should always be kept covered around the body. Moreover, they should not visit the performances of 'Bhand Bhavaya' i.e. jesters, artists etc. who dress up as various characters and recreate the public. Moreover, through the contact of following women one's character is corrupted. They are shameless as 'Ganika' -who is a dancing artisan; 'Swairini' -who is desirous of the men of her caste; 'Kamini' -who is desirous of the men of her caste as well as the men of other castes also; 'Punshchali' -who is desirous of the men who are of other castes (and her own caste) as well as that of relatives also; a cheat -who meets other men as decided earlier in a lonely place to attain his love; 'Sanyasini' -who finds faults in others; cunning-women with bad habits etc.

Therefore, the contact of such women should be avoided completely. Moreover, the married women should specifically try to avoid the contact of the people who are 'Dhoot' i.e. cheat means who cheat people though their tricks, the people who are full of lust and are desirous of pleasures of women, wealth and taste and justify their unjust desires on the basis of devotion, knowledge etc., thief, sinner, addict, hypocrite and lustfull.