Shloka 31
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
अश्वतर उवाच भूतैर्वियोगिनो योगस्तादृशैरेव तादृशः ।
कथमेतद्विना स्वप्नं मायां वा शम्बरॊदिताम् ॥
aśvatara uvāca bhūtairviyogino yogastādṛśaireva tādṛśaḥ / kathametadvinā svapnaṃ māyāṃ vā śambaroditām
Aśvatara sprach: „Für einen, der von den Wesen getrennt ist, gibt es eine ‘Vereinigung’ nur mit dem gleichen Wesenhaften, hervorgebracht durch ähnliche Mittel. Wie könnte dies sein, wenn nicht ein Traum—oder eine von Śambara entfaltete Māyā?“
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FAQs
The verse models skepticism as dharma: extraordinary experiences should be tested for sources—dream, deception, or truth. Discernment (viveka) is presented as the safeguard against māyā.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa core (sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita) passage; it is didactic dialogue embedded within vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling.
‘Viyoga’ (separation) indicates the jīva’s felt separation from the real; the ‘yoga’ that arises from similar causes can be pseudo-union—visions produced by subconscious (svapna) or external glamour (māyā). The teaching: verify the ground of experience.