Shloka 36
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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न हायं कस्यचित् कक्षिन्नास्य कश्नन विद्यते | भवत्येको हायं नित्यं शरीरे सुखदुः:खभाक्
na hāyaṁ kasyacit kaścin nāsya kaścan na vidyate | bhavaty eko hy ayaṁ nityaṁ śarīre sukha-duḥkha-bhāk ||
ଅସିତ କହିଲେ—ଏହି ଜୀବ ପ୍ରକୃତରେ କାହାରି ନୁହେଁ, ଏବଂ କାହାରି ସହିତ ଏହାର ପ୍ରକୃତ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧ ମଧ୍ୟ ନାହିଁ; ବାସ୍ତବରେ ଏହା ସଦା ଏକା। କିନ୍ତୁ ଦେହରେ ରହି ତାହାକୁ ‘ମୋର’ ବୋଲି ଧରିନେବାରୁ ଏହା ସୁଖ-ଦୁଃଖର ଭାଗୀ ହୁଏ।
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The self is intrinsically solitary and unowned; suffering arises when it identifies with the body and develops possessiveness (‘mine’), thereby becoming an experiencer of pleasure and pain.
In a didactic discourse in Śānti Parva, the sage Asita instructs about the nature of the self and the roots of bondage, emphasizing detachment from bodily identification as an ethical-spiritual remedy for grief and suffering.