Verse 22

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वेषां दोषरत्नानां सुसमुद्गिकयानया । दुःखशृङ्खलया नित्यमलमस्तु मम स्त्रिया ॥२२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्वेषाम् । दोष-रत्नानाम् । सु-समुद्गिकया । अनया । दुःख-शृङ्खलया । नित्यम् । अलम् । अस्तु । मम । स्त्रिया ।

IAST Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ doṣaratnānāṃ susamudgikayānayā | duḥkhaśṛṅkhalayā nityam alam astu mama striyā ||22||

Translation

ദോഷമെന്ന ‘രത്നങ്ങൾ’ എല്ലാം അടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്ന ഉത്തമപ്പെട്ടിപോലെ—നിത്യദുഃഖത്തിന്റെ ശൃംഖലയായി—എനിക്ക് സ്ത്രീവിഷയം മതിയാകട്ടെ.

Academic Translation

For all the ‘jewels’ of faults, by this excellent casket—this perpetual chain of sorrow—enough of woman for me.

Verse Context

• Vairagya (dispassion) as a prerequisite for Moksha
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the preparatory discipline (sādhana-catuṣṭaya) for realizing mahāvākya teachings such as ‘tat tvam asi’ by cultivating dispassion.
• Yajur
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)