Shloka 8
Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
अहमित्यङ्कुरोत्पन्नो ममेति स्कन्धवान् महान् ।
गृहक्षेत्रोच्चशाखश्च पुत्रदारादिपल्लवः ॥
ahamityaṅkurotpanno mameti skandhavān mahān |
gṛhakṣetroccaśākhaśca putradārādipallavaḥ ||
Del brote llamado “yo” nace el gran tronco llamado “mío”. Sus altas ramas son la casa y la tierra, y sus retoños y hojas son los hijos, la esposa y lo demás.
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FAQs
The verse distinguishes responsibility from bondage: family and property become sorrow-causes when rooted in ego (‘I’) and possessiveness (‘mine’).
A jñāna-oriented allegory within the Purāṇa’s narrative instruction, not a creation or dynasty list.
The ‘tree’ maps the expansion of subtle ego into gross entanglements. Cutting at the root (‘aham/mama’) is implied, rather than pruning external branches.