किं विद्यया किं तपसा किं त्यागेन श्रुतेन वा । किं विविक्तेन मौनेन स्त्रीभिर्यस्य मनो हृतम् ॥ १२ ॥
kiṁ vidyayā kiṁ tapasā kiṁ tyāgena śrutena vā kiṁ viviktena maunena strībhir yasya mano hṛtam
- kim
- what is the use
- vidyayā
- of knowledge
- kim
- what
- tapasā
- of austerities
- kim
- what
- tyāgena
- of renunciation
- śrutena
- of having studied the scriptures
- vā
- or
- kim
- what
- viviktena
- of solitude
- maunena
- of silence
- strībhiḥ
- by women
- yasya
- whose
- manaḥ
- the mind
- hṛtam
- taken away
What is the use of a big education or the practice of austerities and renunciation, and what is the use of studying religious scriptures, of living in solitude and silence, if, after all that, one’s mind is stolen by a woman?