Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
तत्र मुक्तिपथव्यापि मूढसम्पर्कसेचनः ।
विधित्साभृङ्गमालाढ्यो कृत्यज्ञानमहातरुः ॥
tatra muktipathavyāpi mūḍhasamparkasecanaḥ |
vidhitsābhṛṅgamālāḍhyo kṛtyajñānamahātaruḥ ||
কৰ্মকাণ্ড আৰু বিধিজ্ঞানৰ সেই মহাবৃক্ষ মোক্ষপথলৈও বিস্তাৰিত হয়। মোহগ্ৰস্তৰ সঙ্গই তাক সিঞ্চন কৰে, আৰু ‘কৰিবৰ ইচ্ছা’ ৰূপ ভ্ৰমৰৰ ঝাঁকে তাক ভৰাই তোলে।
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Even religious action can become an obstacle if driven by compulsive ‘must-do’ desire and reinforced by deluded company; liberation requires purifying intention and reducing egoic doership.
A dharma/jñāna critique of ritualistic entanglement within narrative instruction; not directly a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa register.
The verse hints that subtle bondage persists as ‘injunctive thirst’ (vidhitsā). The ‘tree’ covering the liberation-path symbolizes how even spiritual paths get overgrown by ego-driven religiosity unless discernment (viveka) is maintained.