Beleza
A verdadeira beleza vem de dentro. A Bíblia ensina que o encanto é enganoso e a formosura é vã, mas a mulher que teme ao Senhor — essa sim merece louvor.
aparaṁ kēśaracanayā svarṇālaṅkāradhāraṇōna paricchadaparidhānēna vā yuṣmākaṁ vāhyabhūṣā na bhavatu,
kintvīśvarasya sākṣād bahumūlyakṣamāśāntibhāvākṣayaratnēna yuktō gupta āntarikamānava ēva|
tadvat nāryyō’pi salajjāḥ saṁyatamanasaśca satyō yōgyamācchādanaṁ paridadhatu kiñca kēśasaṁskāraiḥ kaṇakamuktābhi rmahārghyaparicchadaiścātmabhūṣaṇaṁ na kurvvatyaḥ
svīkr̥tēśvarabhaktīnāṁ yōṣitāṁ yōgyaiḥ satyarmmabhiḥ svabhūṣaṇaṁ kurvvatāṁ|
yatō vayaṁ tasya kāryyaṁ prāg īśvarēṇa nirūpitābhiḥ satkriyābhiḥ kālayāpanāya khrīṣṭē yīśau tēna mr̥ṣṭāśca|
tatō hētō rvayaṁ na klāmyāmaḥ kintu bāhyapuruṣō yadyapi kṣīyatē tathāpyāntarikaḥ puruṣō dinē dinē nūtanāyatē|
aparam ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ tathyaṁ kathayāmi, kiṁ bhakṣiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ pāsyāmaḥ? iti prāṇadhāraṇāya mā cintayata; kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? iti kāyarakṣaṇāya na cintayata; bhakṣyāt prāṇā vasanāñca vapūṁṣi kiṁ śrēṣṭhāṇi na hi?