Shloka 4
Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
मार्जारभक्षिते दुःखं यादृशं गृहकुक्कुटे ।
न तादृङ्ममताशून्ये कलविङ्केऽथ मूषिके ॥
mārjārabhakṣite duḥkhaṃ yādṛśaṃ gṛhakukkuṭe |
na tādṛṅ mamatāśūnye kalaviṅke 'tha mūṣike ||
ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನ ಕೋಳಿಯನ್ನು ಬೆಕ್ಕು ತಿಂದಾಗ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಶೋಕ, ಗುಬ್ಬಚ್ಚಿ ಅಥವಾ ಇಲಿಗಾಗಿ ಹಾಗೆ ಉಂಟಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅವುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ‘ನನ್ನದು’ ಎಂಬ ಭಾವವಿಲ್ಲ।
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FAQs
Grief is proportional to identification/ownership, not to the bare event. Training the mind away from possessiveness reduces suffering without denying compassion.
An instructional illustration (upamā) inside narrative; not directly pancalakṣaṇa data.
The example exposes a hidden ‘value-assignment’ created by egoic appropriation; liberation involves undoing this superimposition (adhyāsa).