Shloka 31
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
अश्वतर उवाच भूतैर्वियोगिनो योगस्तादृशैरेव तादृशः ।
कथमेतद्विना स्वप्नं मायां वा शम्बरॊदिताम् ॥
aśvatara uvāca bhūtairviyogino yogastādṛśaireva tādṛśaḥ / kathametadvinā svapnaṃ māyāṃ vā śambaroditām
अश्वतर उवाच—भूतैर्वियुक्तस्य संयोगः स्वजातीय एव समानकारणसमुत्पन्नः। कथं तद्भवेत्, स्वप्नं विना, अथवा शम्बरप्रवर्तिता माया विना?
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FAQs
The verse models skepticism as dharma: extraordinary experiences should be tested for sources—dream, deception, or truth. Discernment (viveka) is presented as the safeguard against māyā.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa core (sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita) passage; it is didactic dialogue embedded within vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling.
‘Viyoga’ (separation) indicates the jīva’s felt separation from the real; the ‘yoga’ that arises from similar causes can be pseudo-union—visions produced by subconscious (svapna) or external glamour (māyā). The teaching: verify the ground of experience.