Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
भूतेन्द्रियमयं स्थूलं न त्वं राजन्न चाप्यहम् ।
न तन्मात्रमयावावां नैवान्तःकरणात्मकौ ॥
bhūtendriyamayaṃ sthūlaṃ na tvaṃ rājanna cāpyaham |
na tanmātramayāvāvāṃ naivāntaḥ karaṇātmakau ||
Wahai Raja, engkau bukanlah tubuh kasar yang tersusun dari unsur dan indria—dan aku pun bukan. Kita juga bukan tersusun dari tanmātra, dan bukan pula berhakikat sebagai alat batin (manas dan lainnya).
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Freedom begins by withdrawing false identity from the body, senses, subtle constituents, and even the mind-intellect complex; the Self is the witness beyond these.
Upadeśa on tattva-vicāra (analysis of principles), not sarga/manvantara/genealogy.
The verse maps the seeker’s ‘dis-identification ladder’: gross → subtle → psychological. It prepares the recognition of puruṣa/kṣetrajña as distinct from prakṛti’s evolutes.