Verse 14

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मांसपाञ्चालिकायास्तु यन्त्रलोकेऽङ्गपञ्जरे । स्नाय्वस्थिग्रन्थिशालिन्यः स्त्रियः किमिव शोभनम् ॥१४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मांस-पाञ्चालिकायाः । तु । यन्त्र-लोके । अङ्ग-पञ्जरे । स्नायु-अस्थि-ग्रन्थि-शालिन्यः । स्त्रियः । किम् । इव । शोभनम् ॥१४॥

IAST Transliteration

māṃsa-pāñcālikāyās tu yantraloke 'ṅga-pañjare | snāyv-asthi-granthi-śālinyaḥ striyaḥ kim iva śobhanam ||14||

Translation

သို့သော် ယန္တရလောကကဲ့သို့သော ဤလောက၌—အင်္ဂါအစိတ်အပိုင်းတို့၏ လှောင်အိမ်အတွင်း—အကြောနှင့် အရိုးတို့၏ ချည်ကွင်းများဖြင့် ပြည့်နေသော အသားရုပ်တု၌ မိန်းမတို့၏ «အလှ» ဟူသည် အမှန်တကယ် ဘာနည်း?

Academic Translation

But in the mechanical world—within the cage of limbs—of this puppet of flesh, furnished with knots of sinews and bones, what indeed is ‘beauty’ in women?

Verse Context

• Vairāgya (dispassion); deha-ātma-bhrānti correction; śarīra as yantra (instrument)
• Mahavakya: No direct mahāvākya; serves as preparatory teaching (sādhana-catuṣṭaya: vairāgya) supporting realization implied by ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’
• Yajur
• Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) — traditional later classification for the Yājñavalkya Upaniṣad Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)