न हि कश्चित्प्रिय: स्त्रीणामञ्जसा स्वाशिषात्मनाम् । पतिं पुत्रं भ्रातरं वा घ्नन्त्यर्थे घातयन्ति च ॥ ४२ ॥
na hi kascit priyah strinam anjasa svasisatmanam patim putram bhrataram va ghnanty arthe ghatayanti ca
- na
- not
- hi
- certainly
- kascit
- anyone
- priyah
- dear
- strinam
- to women
- anjasa
- actually
- sva-asisa
- for their own interests
- atmanam
- most dear
- patim
- husband
- putram
- son
- bhrataram
- brother
- va
- or
- ghnanti
- they kill
- arthe
- for their own interests
- ghatayanti
- cause to be killed
- ca
- also.
To satisfy their own interests, women deal with men as if the men were most dear to them, but no one is actually dear to them. Women are supposed to be very saintly, but for their own interests they can kill even their husbands, sons or brothers, or cause them to be killed by others.