Shloka 22
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
भूतैर्भूतानि मृद्यन्ते अमूर्तो मृद्यते कथम् /
क्रोधादीनां पृथग्भावात् कल्पनेयं निरर्थिका
bhūtair bhūtāni mṛdyante amūrto mṛdyate katham | krodhādīnāṃ pṛthagbhāvāt kalpaneyaṃ nirarthikā ||
«إن الكائنات تُسحق بالكائنات؛ فكيف يُسحق ما لا صورة له؟ ولما كان الغضب وما شابهه قائماً كأحوال متميزة قابلة للانفصال، فذلك ليس إلا تخيّلاً—لا معنى حقيقياً له.»
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FAQs
Conflict and ‘crushing’ operate only among embodied entities and mental passions. The Self is untouched; thus one should not build identity around aggression or enmity.
Ethical-philosophical teaching; not a pancalakṣaṇa section.
‘Anger and the like’ are vṛttis that create the illusion of separation. Recognizing their separability implies they are not the Self; this supports inner conquest (of passions) rather than outer ‘enemy-crushing’ as ultimate.