Shloka 12
Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
यैस्तु सत्सङ्गपाषाणशितेन ममतातरुः ।
छिन्नो विद्याकुठारेण ते गतास्तेन वर्त्मना ॥
yaistu satsaṅgapāṣāṇaśitena mamatātaruḥ |
chinno vidyākuṭhāreṇa te gatāstena vartmanā ||
Pero aquellos que han talado el árbol de la “mío-idad” con el hacha del conocimiento—afilada en la piedra de amolar del trato con los buenos—han avanzado por ese mismo sendero.
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FAQs
Good company refines discernment; knowledge then becomes effective in removing possessiveness—the root of bondage.
Falls under ancillary instruction (upadeśa) rather than the five defining Purāṇic topics.
The ‘tree’ indicates deep-rooted saṃskāras; ‘sharpening’ on satsaṅga suggests that mere information is blunt unless honed by lived proximity to realized or disciplined persons.