Shloka 8
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
न हीदृशमहं भावमवश: प्राप्प केवलम् | यदेवमभिजानामि का व्यथा मे विजानतः
śakra uvāca | na hīdṛśam ahaṃ bhāvam avaśaḥ prāpya kevalam | yad evam abhijānāmi kā vyathā me vijānataḥ ||
«Même après avoir obtenu un tel état, je ne suis pas devenu impuissant pour cela seul. Puisque je comprends clairement—l’impermanence du corps et la nature non attachée du Soi (Ātman)—quelle souffrance pourrait-il y avoir pour moi, qui sais ?»
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
True distress arises from identification with the body and circumstances; one who knows the body’s impermanence and the Self’s non-attachment is not inwardly compelled by external conditions and therefore remains free from suffering.
Śakra (Indra), speaking from within an adverse embodied condition (alluded to in the passage as a donkey-like body), declares that he is not helpless because he retains discriminative knowledge: understanding the transient nature of the body and the unattached Self, he sees no reason for anguish.