Verse 25

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जातस्य ग्रहरोगादि कुमारस्य च धूर्तता । उपनीतेऽप्यविद्यत्वमनुद्वाहश्च पण्डिते ॥२५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

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

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

جو پیدا ہوا، اس پر گرہ/سیاروی اثرات اور بیماری وغیرہ کی آفتیں آتی ہیں؛ اور لڑکے میں شوخی و عیّاری بھی ہوتی ہے۔ اُپنیت (دیكشا) کے بعد بھی جہالت رہ جاتی ہے؛ اور عالم کے لیے بھی کبھی نکاح نہ ہونا (عدمِ ازدواج) مقدّر ہوتا ہے۔

Academic Translation

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.

Verse Context

• 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.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)