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 ||
ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದೇವರೇ, ಇದು ಸತ್ಯ; ಜ್ಞಾನವು ನನ್ನದೇ, ನಾನು ಸಮದರ್ಶಿ. ಆದರೂ ಈ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಗದಿಂದ ‘ಉಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಟ’ ಎನ್ನುವ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಬಂದಿದ್ದೇನೆ.
{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vicara (reflective tone)", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
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.