Shloka 40
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
न यस्य हस्तादिकमप्यशेषं मांसं न चास्थीनि खिराविभागः ।
कस्तस्य नागाश्वरथादिकोशैः स्वल्पोऽपि सम्बन्ध इहास्ति पुंसः ॥
na yasya hastādikam apy aśeṣaṃ māṃsaṃ na cāsthīni khirā-vibhāgaḥ | kas tasya nāgāśva-rathādi-kośaiḥ svalpo ’pi sambandha ihāsti puṃsaḥ ||
यस्य हस्तादयः अपि नात्मा, न मांसं नास्थि न विभागाः; तस्येह गजाश्वरथकोशादिभिः किंचित् अपि कः सम्बन्धः?
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FAQs
If one is not the body, then possessions and power-systems tied to the body (army, wealth) cannot be ‘mine’ in any ultimate sense—reducing pride and conflict.
Ethico-philosophical counsel; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Elephants/horses/treasury represent the apparatus of worldly sovereignty. The verse cuts the root assumption of ownership by denying bodily identity.