Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
धनधान्यमहापत्रो नैककालप्रवर्धितः ।
पुण्यापुण्याग्रपुष्पश्च सुखदुःखमहाफलः ॥
dhanadhānyamahāpatro naikakālapravardhitaḥ |
puṇyāpuṇyāgrapuṣpaśca sukhaduḥkhamahāphalaḥ ||
Suas grandes folhas são a riqueza e o grão, crescidos ao longo de muitas estações. Suas flores nas pontas são o mérito e o demérito, e seus grandes frutos são o prazer e a dor.
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Even ‘good outcomes’ (wealth, merit) remain within the same tree of appropriation if rooted in ego; they mature into alternating pleasure and pain.
Ethical-philosophical instruction (dharma-jñāna) rather than the Purāṇa’s cosmological characteristics.
Merit and demerit are shown as blossoms on the same structure of doership/ownership; transcendence requires stepping beyond the entire karmic arbor, not optimizing its fruits.