Shloka 36
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
मनस्यवस्थितं दुःखं सुखं वा मानसञ्च यत् ।
यतस्ततो न मे दुःखं सुखं वा न ह्यहं मनः ॥
manasy avasthitaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā mānasañ ca yat | yatas tato na me duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā na hy ahaṃ manaḥ ||
दुःखं वा सुखं वा यच्च मानसं तत् मनसि एव तिष्ठति। तस्मान् न मम—न दुःखं न सुखम्—अहं हि मनो नास्मि।
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FAQs
Since feelings occur in the mind, one can observe them without self-identification. Practically, this supports patience, non-reactivity, and steadiness.
Didactic yoga/vedānta teaching; not a pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
The verse encodes the ‘seer-seen’ split (dṛg-dṛśya): mental states are objects; the Self is the subject that cannot be reduced to them.