Shloka 14
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
त्वं कञ्चुके शीर्यमाणे निजेऽस्मिंस्तस्मिंश्च देहे मूढतां मा व्रजेथाः ।
शुभाशुभैः कर्मभिर्देहमेतन्मदादिमूढैः सञ्चुकस्तेऽपिनद्धः ॥
tvaṃ kañcuke śīryamāṇe nije 'smiṃs tasmiṃś ca dehe mūḍhatāṃ mā vrajethāḥ / śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhir deham etan madādimūḍhaiḥ sañcukaste 'pinaddhaḥ
ഈ ‘വസ്ത്രം’—നിന്റെ സ്വന്തം ശരീരം—ജീർണ്ണിച്ച് നശിക്കുമ്പോൾ അതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് മോഹിക്കരുത്. ശുഭാശുഭ കർമങ്ങളാൽ, അഹങ്കാരാദി ഭ്രമത്താൽ മോഹിതർ നിന്മേൽ തുന്നി കെട്ടിയ കഞ്ചുകംപോലെ ഈ ദേഹം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
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FAQs
The body is impermanent and should not be treated as the self. Karma (good and bad) conditions embodiment; wisdom is to avoid pride-driven delusion and cultivate self-knowledge.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but a didactic-adhyātma passage embedded in narrative (upākhyāna).
‘Garment’ imagery points to the ātman as the wearer and the body as a temporary covering shaped by saṃskāras; liberation begins with loosening identification with the covering.