Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ममत्वमनया नित्यमहंकारकृतात्मकम्‌ | अपेत्याहमिमां हित्वा संश्रयिष्ये निरामयम्‌,“अब तो इसको और इसकी अहंकारस्वरूपिणी ममताको त्यागकर इससे सर्वथा अतीत होकर मैं निरामय परमात्माकी शरण लूँगा

Transliteration

mamatvam anayā nityam ahaṅkāra-kṛtātmakam | apetyāham imāṁ hitvā saṁśrayiṣye nirāmayam ||

Translation

‘எனது’ என்ற மமகாரம் எப்போதும் அகந்தையால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டதே; அதனுடைய இயல்பையே தாங்கியது. இதைத் துறந்து, இந்த அடையாளத்தை முற்றிலும் கடந்துவிட்டு, நான் நிராமயன்—களங்கமற்ற, துயரமற்ற பரம ஆத்மாவைச் சரணடைவேன்.

Word by Word

ममत्वम्possessiveness, sense of 'mine'

अनयाby this (she/this thing)

नित्यम्always

अहंकारकृतात्मकम्having the nature produced by egoism

अपेत्यhaving gone away, having departed

अहम्I

इमाम्this (her/this thing)

हित्वाhaving abandoned

संश्रयिष्येI shall take refuge in

निरामयम्the disease-free, untainted (one)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

प

परमात्मा / निरामय (the Nirāmaya Supreme Self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that ‘mine-ness’ (mamatva) is a product of ego (ahaṅkāra). Freedom comes by abandoning this possessive identification and taking refuge in the sorrowless, stainless Supreme Self (nirāmaya paramātman).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha articulates an inner resolve: he will withdraw from ego-born possessiveness and transcend identification with ‘this’ (the basis of attachment), choosing instead the refuge of the Supreme Self as the path to peace and freedom.