Shloka 37
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
नाहङ्कारो न च मनो बुद्धिर्नाहं यतस्ततः ।
अन्तःकरणजं दुःखं पारख्यं मम तत्कथम् ॥
nāhaṅkāro na ca mano buddhir nāhaṃ yatas tataḥ | antaḥkaraṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ pārakhyaṃ mama tat katham ||
नाहं अहङ्कारो न मनो न बुद्धिरस्मि। तस्मात् अन्तःकरणजं दुःखं परस्य, कथं मम स्यात्?
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FAQs
Suffering is linked to inner mechanisms (egoic appropriation, mental construction). By withdrawing identification, one loosens the root of distress and acts more dharmically.
A teaching passage (upadeśa) rather than sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa material.
‘Foreign to me’ marks the Self as asaṅga (unattached). The method is apavāda (sublation): negating superimposed identity layers to reveal the witness.