यस्य स्त्री तस्य भोगेच्छा निःस्त्रीकस्य क्व भोगभूः । स्त्रियं त्यक्त्वा जगत्त्यक्तं जगत्त्यक्त्वा सुखी भवेत् ॥ ३५ ॥
yasya strī tasya bhōgēcchā niḥstrīkasya kva bhōgabhūḥ | striyaṁ tyaktvā jagattyaktaṁ jagattyaktvā sukhī bhavēt || 35 ||
Translation
He who has a woman has the wish for enjoyment; for one without a woman where is the ground of enjoyment? Giving up woman, one has given up the world; giving up the world, one may be happy.
Word by word
- yasya
- he who
- strī
- has a woman
- tasya
- has
- bhōga
- for enjoyment (repeated: of enjoyment)
- icchā
- the wish
- niḥstrīkasya
- for one without a woman
- kva
- where is
- bhūḥ
- the ground
- striyaṁ
- woman
- tyaktvā
- giving up (twice)
- jagat
- the world
- tyaktaṁ
- one has given up
- sukhī
- happy
- bhavēt
- one may be
Meaning
The verse states the renunciant's logic. Desire for a partner is the root of the wish for the enjoyments of the world; without it, the commentary says, where is the occasion? So to give it up is to give up the world, and to give up the world is happiness. This is spoken by a man to men in the language of his time; its principle, that the strongest attachment holds all the others, applies to every seeker. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha will later show that the true giving up is inward, and can be done in the midst of family and kingdom.