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Verse 25

Yagyavalkya

जातस्य ग्रहरोगादि कुमारस्य च धूर्तता । उपनीतेऽप्यविद्यत्वमनुद्वाहश्च पण्डिते ॥२५॥

जातस्य । ग्रह-रोग-आदि । कुमारस्य । च । धूर्तता । उपनीते । अपि । अविद्यत्वम् । अनुद्वाहः । च । पण्डिते ॥२५॥

jātasya graharogādi kumārasya ca dhūrtatā | upanīte 'py avidyatvam anudvāhaś ca paṇḍite ||25||

For one who is born there are afflictions—such as planetary influences and disease; and for a boy there is also roguishness. Even after initiation (upanayana), ignorance remains; and for the learned, too, there can be non‑marriage.

For one who is born, there are afflictions such as seizure/planetary influences and disease; for a boy, there is also roguishness. Even when initiated (upanīta), there is ignorance; and for a learned man, there is non-marriage as well.

Saṃsāra (bondage through recurring worldly conditions) and Vairāgya (dispassion)Mahavakya: Indirect: motivates inquiry into Brahman/Ātman by highlighting the pervasive defects of saṃsāra; no direct identification statement.YajurŚukla (Vājasaneyī) ShakhaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)