Shloka 32
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
नाहम् उर्वो न सलिलं न ज्योतिरनिलो न च ।
नाकाशं किन्तु शारीरं समेत्य सुखमिष्यते ॥
nāham urvo na salilaṃ na jyotir anilo na ca /
nākāśaṃ kintu śārīraṃ sametya sukham iṣyate //
நான் மண் அல்ல, நீர் அல்ல, தீ அல்ல, காற்று அல்ல, ஆகாயமும் அல்ல. ஆனால் இவற்றின் சேர்க்கையால் உருவான உடல்நிலைதான் இன்பத்தைத் தேடுகிறது; அதையே இன்பம் எனவும் கருதுகிறது.
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FAQs
Suffering is reduced by loosening body-identification. The king articulates elemental analysis: the self is not the material constituents; the body-composite is what runs after pleasure.
This is adhyātma (spiritual philosophy) within narrative instruction, not one of the five defining Purāṇic categories.
The ‘not this’ (neti-neti) style disidentification points to the witnessing consciousness beyond the five elements. ‘Śārīraṃ sametya’ subtly indicates that bondage belongs to the constructed personality/body-complex, not to the pure Self.