Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
भूतेन्द्रियमयं स्थूलं न त्वं राजन्न चाप्यहम् ।
न तन्मात्रमयावावां नैवान्तःकरणात्मकौ ॥
bhūtendriyamayaṃ sthūlaṃ na tvaṃ rājanna cāpyaham |
na tanmātramayāvāvāṃ naivāntaḥ karaṇātmakau ||
राजन्, त्वं न भूतैन्द्रियकृतं स्थूलशरीरं, नाहं; न च वयं तन्मात्रकृताः, न चान्तःकरणस्वभावाः।
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Freedom begins by withdrawing false identity from the body, senses, subtle constituents, and even the mind-intellect complex; the Self is the witness beyond these.
Upadeśa on tattva-vicāra (analysis of principles), not sarga/manvantara/genealogy.
The verse maps the seeker’s ‘dis-identification ladder’: gross → subtle → psychological. It prepares the recognition of puruṣa/kṣetrajña as distinct from prakṛti’s evolutes.