Acharya Prashant on Vivekachudamani: Are the scriptures gender-biased?

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Video Information: Acharya Prashant speaking at a ShabdYoga Session at Advait BodhSthal, Greater Noida on 22nd April, 2018

लब्ध्वा कथचिन्नरजन्म दुर्लभं

तत्रापि पुंस्त्वं श्रुतिपारदर्शनम् |

यस्त्वात्ममुक्तौ न यतेत मूधघीः

स ह्यात्महा स्वं विविहन्त्यसद्ग्रहात् || 4 ||

~Vivekachudamani (Verse 4)

Is there a man who, having somehow obtained this rare human birth, together with masculine temperament and also a complete knowledge of the scriptures, is foolish enough not to strive hard for Self-realization? One verily commits suicide, clinging to things unreal.