Shloka 36
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
एवं द्वन्द्चान्यथैतानि समावर्तन्ति नित्यश: । ममैवैतानि जायन्ते धावन्ते तानि मामिति
evaṁ dvandvān yathaitāni samāvartanti nityaśaḥ | mamaivaitāni jāyante dhāvante tāni mām iti ||
ヴァシシュタは言った。「このように、楽と苦などの対の相は、その性により絶えず繰り返し現れる。だが身を帯びた自己は無明ゆえに、『これらはただ我のために生じ、我に向かって襲いかかる』と思いなす。これを個人的な襲撃と受け取って苦しみ、あわてて逃れようとする。真実には、プラクリティと結びついた人が迷妄によってそのような観念を作り出すのである—たとえば『我は天界に赴き、あらゆる行為の果を享受する』、あるいは『前生に為した善悪の業の、現れ出た果報をここで受ける』と。」
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dualities like pleasure and pain recur naturally; suffering intensifies when the self appropriates them as ‘happening to me.’ This egoic misreading, rooted in ignorance and identification with Prakṛti, fuels anxiety about escaping experiences and about enjoying or fearing karmic results.
Vasiṣṭha instructs a kingly listener (addressed as ‘Nareśvara’) in a reflective, philosophical discourse. He explains how the embodied person misconstrues recurring life-experiences as personal attacks and spins expectations about heavenly enjoyment and karmic fruition, thereby remaining bound to distress.