Shloka 16
Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
मशकोडुम्बरेषीकामुञ्जमत्स्याम्भसां यथा ।
एकत्वे 'पि पृथग्भावस्तथा क्षेत्रात्मनोर् नृप ! ॥
maśakoḍumbareṣīkāmuñjamatsyāmbhasāṃ yathā |
ekatve 'pi pṛthagbhāvastathā kṣetrātmanornṛpa ! ||
यथा मशक-उदुम्बर-वेणु-तन्तु-मुञ्ज-मत्स्य-जलानां सहोक्तानामपि पृथक्त्वं दृश्यते, तथा हे राजन् क्षेत्रस्यात्मनश्च भेदोऽस्ति।
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FAQs
Proximity or functional association does not imply identity; the Self remains distinct from the psycho-physical field even when they appear ‘together’ in experience.
Upadeśa (instruction) via dṛṣṭānta (analogy), outside the five hallmark categories.
The heterogeneous list emphasizes categorical difference: mixing in one ‘set’ is conceptual, not ontological—mirroring how ‘I’ is mistakenly bundled with body-mind under one label.