Shloka 38
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
नाहं शरीरं न मनो यतोऽहं पृथक् शरीरान्मनसस्तथाहम् ।
तत् सन्तु चेतस्यथवापि देहे सुखानि दुःखानि च किं ममात्र ॥
nāhaṃ śarīraṃ na mano yato ’haṃ pṛthak śarīrān manasas tathāham | tat santu cetasy athavāpi dehe sukhāni duḥkhāni ca kiṃ mamātra ||
नाहं देहो न मनोऽहं; देहाद् भिन्नोऽस्मि तथा मनसः। मनसि वा देहे वा सुखदुःखे सन्तु—अत्र मे तैः किं प्रयोजनम्?
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FAQs
One can acknowledge experiences without appropriating them. This yields calm conduct, endurance, and fewer harmful reactions.
Instructional philosophy; not a pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
The verse teaches sākṣitva (witnesshood): phenomena may arise in body/mind, but the Self remains untouched—key to mokṣa-oriented contemplation.