Shloka 18
Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
यानं क्षितौ यानगतञ्च देहं देहेऽपि चान्यः पुरुषो निविष्टः ।
ममत्वबुद्धिर्न तथा यथा स्वे देहेऽतिमात्रं बत मूढतैषा ॥
yānaṃ kṣitau yānagatañ ca dehaṃ dehe 'pi cānyaḥ puruṣo niviṣṭaḥ / mamatvabuddhir na tathā yathā sve dehe 'timātraṃ bata mūḍhataiṣā
രഥം നിലത്തുണ്ട്; ശരീരം രഥത്തിനുള്ളിലാണ്; ശരീരത്തിനുള്ളിലും മറ്റൊരു ‘പുരുഷൻ’ (ആത്മാവ്) ഇരിക്കുന്നു. എങ്കിലും രഥത്തോടുള്ളതിനെക്കാൾ ശക്തമായ മമത സ്വന്തം ദേഹത്തോടാണ്—അയ്യോ, ഇതെത്ര അതിമോഹം!
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FAQs
Treat the body as an instrument rather than the self; excessive ‘mine-ness’ toward the body is the root of fear and bondage.
Upākhyāna-based spiritual instruction; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category.
Layered ‘vehicle’ imagery implies nested sheaths (upādhis): ground → vehicle → body → indweller; meditation shifts identity inward from outer supports to the witness.