Shloka 13
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
Sanskrit
भूतानि भूतैः परिदुर्बलानि
वृद्धिं समायान्ति यथेह पुंसः ।
अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिरेव कस्य
न तेऽस्ति वृद्धिर्न च तेऽस्ति हानिः ॥
Transliteration
bhūtāni bhūtaiḥ paridurbalāni vṛddhiṃ samāyānti yatheha puṃsaḥ | annāmbupānādibhir eva kasya na te 'sti vṛddhir na ca te 'sti hāniḥ ||
Translation
諸元素は、諸元素によって（相互の作用により）弱められつつも、食物・水・飲料などによって—この人におけるように—成長を得る。だが汝にとって、これは誰のものか。汝には増も減もない。
Speakers
Madālasā speaking to her infant son
Key Themes
Body as elemental aggregateNourishment affects body, not selfĀtman as changeless (nirvikāra) witness