Verse 26

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यूनश्च परदारादि दारिद्र्यं च कुटुम्बिनः । पुत्रदुःखस्य नास्त्यन्तो धनी चेन्म्रियते तदा ॥२६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यूनः । च । पर-दार-आदि । दारिद्र्यम् । च । कुटुम्बिनः । पुत्र-दुःखस्य । न । अस्ति । अन्तः । धनी । चेत् । म्रियते । तदा ॥२६॥

IAST Transliteration

yūnaś ca paradārādi dāridryaṃ ca kuṭumbinaḥ | putraduḥkhasya nāsty anto dhanī cen mriyate tadā ||26||

Translation

ສໍາລັບຊາຍໜຸ່ມ ມີການຢຸຍົງໃຈໄປຫາເມຍຂອງຄົນອື່ນ ແລະ ສິ່ງອື່ນໆທໍານອງນັ້ນ; ສໍາລັບຄົນຄອບຄົວ ກໍມີຄວາມທຸກຍາກອີກ. ຄວາມໂສກເພາະລູກບໍ່ມີທີ່ສິ້ນສຸດ; ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ຮັ່ງມີ ກໍຕ້ອງຕາຍໃນທ້າຍທີ່ສຸດ

Academic Translation

For the young man there is (the temptation of) another’s wife and the like; for the householder there is poverty as well. There is no end to the sorrow caused by children; and if one is wealthy, then he dies (even so).

Verse Context

• Duḥkha in saṃsāra; Mumukṣutva (desire for liberation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the ground for ‘ayam ātmā brahma’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ style realization by negating reliance on youth, family, or wealth; no direct mahāvākya citation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)