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Shloka 32

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

नाहम् उर्वो न सलिलं न ज्योतिरनिलो न च ।

नाकाशं किन्तु शारीरं समेत्य सुखमिष्यते ॥

Transliteration

nāham urvo na salilaṃ na jyotir anilo na ca /

nākāśaṃ kintu śārīraṃ sametya sukham iṣyate //

Translation

「我は地にあらず、水にあらず、火にあらず、風にあらず、また虚空にもあらず。むしろ、それらの和合によって成る具身の状態こそが、幸福を求め（そして想像し）ている。」

Word by Word
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular
उर्वःof earth; earthly
उर्वः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी/उर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (उर्वी), षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular; intended sense: 'of earth' (earth-element)
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
सलिलम्water
सलिलम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
ज्योतिःfire; light
ज्योतिः:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
अनिलःwind; air
अनिलः:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता/प्रत्ययार्थ), एकवचन; nominative singular in predicative listing
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
आकाशम्ether; space
आकाशम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
किन्तुbut
किन्तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिन्तु (अव्यय)
Formव्यतिरेकबोधक-अव्यय (adversative conjunction)
शारीरम्the bodily (state); embodied
शारीरम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootशारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; predicative nominal (the embodied/physical)
समेत्यhaving attained; having come together
समेत्य:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + इ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); 'having come together/attained'
सुखम्happiness
सुखम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular
इष्यतेis desired; is accepted
इष्यते:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; passive-like sense 'is desired/accepted'
Speakers
King (responding after reflection) within the Dattātreya encounter narrative
Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "jnana", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes
Pancha-mahabhuta analysisNon-identification with the bodyVedanta/Samkhya resonanceMoksha

FAQs

Suffering is reduced by loosening body-identification. The king articulates elemental analysis: the self is not the material constituents; the body-composite is what runs after pleasure.

This is adhyātma (spiritual philosophy) within narrative instruction, not one of the five defining Purāṇic categories.

The ‘not this’ (neti-neti) style disidentification points to the witnessing consciousness beyond the five elements. ‘Śārīraṃ sametya’ subtly indicates that bondage belongs to the constructed personality/body-complex, not to the pure Self.

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