Shloka 42
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
यथा घटीकुम्भकमाṇ्डलुस्थम् आकाशमेकं बहुधा हि दृष्टम् ।
तथा सुबाहुः स च काशिपोऽहं मल्ये च देहेषु शरीरभेदैः ॥
yathā ghaṭī-kumbhaka-maṇḍalu-stham ākāśam ekaṃ bahudhā hi dṛṣṭam | tathā subāhuḥ sa ca kāśipo ’haṃ malye ca deheṣu śarīra-bhedaiḥ ||
ഒരു ആകാശം ചെറിയ ഘടം, കലശം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ജലപാത്രം എന്നിവയിൽ അടഞ്ഞാൽ പലതായി കാണുന്നതുപോലെ, ദേഹഭേദങ്ങളാൽ—ഇവിടെ സുബാഹു, ഇവിടെ കാശിപ, ഇവിടെ ഞാൻ; അതുപോലെ മല്ലന്മാരിലും മറ്റു ദേഹികളിലും (ഇത്തരമൊരു ഭേദം പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നു).
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FAQs
Apparent differences among persons are conditioned by bodily ‘containers’; recognizing the underlying unity supports non-hatred, empathy, and impartiality.
A metaphysical teaching within the narrative frame; not a pañcalakṣaṇa element.
The pot-space analogy teaches that individuality is an upādhi (limiting adjunct). When the adjunct is ‘seen through,’ the one Self (like space) is understood as indivisible.