अथ ह याज्ञवल्क्यस्य द्वे भार्ये बभूवतुर्मैत्रेयी च कात्यायनी च तयोर्ह मैत्रेयी ब्रह्मवादिनी बभूव स्त्रीप्रज्ञैव तर्हि कात्यायन्यथ ह याज्ञवल्क्योऽन्यद्वृत्तमुपाकरिष्यन्
atha ha yājñavalkyasya dve bhārye babhūvaturmaitreyī ca kātyāyanī ca tayorha maitreyī brahmavādinī babhūva strīprajñaiva tarhi kātyāyanyatha ha yājñavalkyo'nyadvṛttamupākariṣyan
अर्थMeaning
Yâgñavalkya had two wives, Maitreyî and Kâtyâyanî. Of these Maitreyî was conversant with Brahman, but Kâtyâyanî possessed such knowledge only as women possess. And Yâgñavalkya, when he wished to get ready for another state of life (when he wished to give up the state of a householder, and retire into the forest),
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
याज्ञवल्क्य की दो पत्नियाँ थीं: मैत्रेयी और कात्यायनी। उनमें मैत्रेयी ब्रह्मवादिनी थी, और कात्यायनी (उस समय) सामान्य स्त्री-बुद्धि वाली थी। तब याज्ञवल्क्य ने दूसरे आश्रम (संन्यास) को अपनाने का विचार किया।
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