Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
दत्तात्रेय उवाच
सत्यमेतत् सुरा विद्या ममाऽस्ति समदर्शिनः ।
अस्याऽस्तु योषितः सङ्गादहमुच्छिष्टतां गतः ॥
dattātreya uvāca
satyam etat surā vidyā mamāsti samadarśinaḥ |
asyāstu yoṣitaḥ saṅgād aham ucchiṣṭatāṃ gataḥ ||
ダッタートレーヤは言った。「そのとおりだ、神々よ。知は我にあり、我は万物を平等に観る。だがこの女と交わったため、私は『ウッチシタ』(食べ残しにより汚れた者)と呼ばれる状態に至った。」
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Even with insight, habitual association and attachment can create downfall in terms of conduct and reputation. The narrative uses ‘saṅga’ to show how the mind’s clinging—not mere knowledge-claims—determines freedom.
A moral-psychological instruction embedded in Ākhyāna; not part of the five formal purāṇic markers except as ancillary dharma teaching.
‘Samadarśin’ indicates non-dual vision, yet the verse dramatizes the difference between realization and the residual momentum (vāsanā) that can still manifest as socially ‘defiling’ behavior.