mantra-powers

Updated: January 15, 2026

By their nature, women are Kshetra, and men are Kshetrajna in respect of attributes. Indeed, women are like frightful mantra-powers. They stupefy persons reft of wisdom. They are sunk in the attribute of Passion. They are the eternal embodiment of the senses.

- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12