Shloka 8
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
न हीदृशमहं भावमवश: प्राप्प केवलम् | यदेवमभिजानामि का व्यथा मे विजानतः
śakra uvāca | na hīdṛśam ahaṃ bhāvam avaśaḥ prāpya kevalam | yad evam abhijānāmi kā vyathā me vijānataḥ ||
«ဤသို့သော အခြေအနေကို ရရှိခဲ့သော်လည်း ငါသည် ထိုကြောင့်သာ အကူအညီမဲ့ မဖြစ်ခဲ့။ ငါသည် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ၏ မတည်မြဲမှုနှင့် အတ္တ၏ မကပ်ငြိမှုကို ထင်ရှားစွာ သိမြင်နေသဖြင့်၊ သိသူဖြစ်သော ငါ၌ မည်သို့သော ဒုက္ခရှိနိုင်မည်နည်း»။
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
True distress arises from identification with the body and circumstances; one who knows the body’s impermanence and the Self’s non-attachment is not inwardly compelled by external conditions and therefore remains free from suffering.
Śakra (Indra), speaking from within an adverse embodied condition (alluded to in the passage as a donkey-like body), declares that he is not helpless because he retains discriminative knowledge: understanding the transient nature of the body and the unattached Self, he sees no reason for anguish.