Shloka 33

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

Sanskrit

न्यूूनातिरिक्ततां याति पञ्चकेऽस्मिन् सुखासुखम् ।

यदि स्यान्म किन्न स्यादन्यस्थेऽपि हि तन्मयि ॥

Transliteration

nyūnātiriktatāṃ yāti pañcake ’smin sukhāsukham | yadi syān ma kin na syād anyasthe ’pi hi tan-mayi ||

Translation

സുഖവും ദുഃഖവും ഈ പഞ്ചവിധ ദേഹസമൂഹത്തിൽ കുറവും അധികവും എന്ന രൂപത്തിൽ കാണപ്പെടുന്നു. അവ യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ എന്റേതായിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ, ഞാൻ ഇതിൽ നിന്ന് വേറെയായി മറ്റിടത്ത് നിലകൊള്ളുമ്പോഴും, ചൈതന്യസ്വരൂപനായ എനിക്കു അവ അവിടെയും എന്തുകൊണ്ട് ഉണ്ടാകാതിരിക്കും?

Word by Word

न्यूनातिरिक्तताम्the state of deficiency-and-excess

यातिgoes/attains

पञ्चकेin the group of five

अस्मिन्in this

सुखासुखम्pleasure and pain

यदिif

स्यात्would be

माnot / let not

किम्what?

नnot

स्यात्would be

अन्यस्थेin something else/elsewhere

अपिalso/even

हिindeed/for

तन्मयिin that-constituted (in that)

Speakers

Philosophical speaker within the dialogue (Advaitic self-inquiry voice; exact named speaker not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

Ātman distinct from body-mindSukha-duḥkha as properties of the aggregateDispassion (vairāgya)Yoga/Vedānta-style inquiry

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Pleasure and pain fluctuate due to conditions in the embodied complex; therefore one should not claim them as the Self. Ethically, this supports equanimity and reduced attachment/aversion.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Not a pañcalakṣaṇa topic (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita); it belongs to upadeśa (instruction) embedded in narrative dialogue.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Deficiency/excess’ hints that sukha-duḥkha are measurable modifications (vikāra) of the kośa-complex; the witnessing Self is non-quantifiable and thus not their locus.