Shloka 38
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
ममत्वमनया नित्यमहंकारकृतात्मकम् | अपेत्याहमिमां हित्वा संश्रयिष्ये निरामयम्,“अब तो इसको और इसकी अहंकारस्वरूपिणी ममताको त्यागकर इससे सर्वथा अतीत होकर मैं निरामय परमात्माकी शरण लूँगा
mamatvam anayā nityam ahaṅkāra-kṛtātmakam | apetyāham imāṁ hitvā saṁśrayiṣye nirāmayam ||
‘মোৰ’ বোধটো সদায় অহংকাৰেই গঢ়া; তাৰেই স্বভাৱ ধাৰে। ইয়াক ত্যাগ কৰি, এই পৰিচয় সম্পূৰ্ণ অতিক্ৰম কৰি, মই নিৰাময়—কলুষহীন, দুখহীন পৰম আত্মাৰ শৰণ ল’ম।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that ‘mine-ness’ (mamatva) is a product of ego (ahaṅkāra). Freedom comes by abandoning this possessive identification and taking refuge in the sorrowless, stainless Supreme Self (nirāmaya paramātman).
Vasiṣṭha articulates an inner resolve: he will withdraw from ego-born possessiveness and transcend identification with ‘this’ (the basis of attachment), choosing instead the refuge of the Supreme Self as the path to peace and freedom.