Verses 340–349

340. A woman adorned with (wearing) beauty. To wear them, plucks (roots) them out of the box; when she tries to do so, a chief widow arrested her.

341. The jewel of woman went to buy oil, bought and brought home the cut-oil. Can oil ever be cut? (worthless)

342. First there were three branches born in a tree. Spouts, boughs and leaves were therein produced. The flower, the bud (foot spout) and the full fruit fill the world.

343. With the widowed widow maya--they plunge and emerge in worldly pursuits. But when that affection has ceased, when her protection ceases those desires themselves exist not.

344. Born from thy mother, sucking thy mother's breast and playing roguish pranks with thy mother, what shall I say of the reality (tatwa) of the mother being in another transmigration--the wife?

345. If a masker openly and causelessly throw the hundred and first tribe into a well, shall he being a mere toddy pilferer attain a future life?

346. He who can turn fire into water and water into fire, who converts fire into wind, and if he himself be fire, he is the jewel of yogees (i.e., if by mortification he can purify himself from the impurer elements).

347. Its feet are ten and three tails, one head--Thus it openly appears roaming the noble earth ill at ease. He who can clearly understand this is Ishwara (a mystic riddle, quite worthless).

348. He lives well known to the people; but is not a king. He has a crown on him, but he is not Brahma. He knows and speaks of what is fit, yet is no yogee. Know who this is (pure fooling of Para Brahma).

349. It produces young ones in the earth and writes their characters on them, and suffer beheading. He is the chief of the Gods . He is lord of men. (Siva in his character of creator, fate and destroyer).