Shloka 25
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
एतस्मिन्नेव विज्ञानॆ विज्ञान्तमखिलं त्वया ।
अनात्मन्यात्मविज्ञानमखे खमिति मूढता ॥
etasminneva vijñāne vijñātam akhilaṃ tvayā | anātmany ātma-vijñānam akhe kham iti mūḍhatā ||
இந்த அறிவினாலேயே நீ அனைத்தையும் அறிந்தாய், அரசே. ஆனால் அநாத்மத்தில் ஆத்மஞானத்தைத் தேடுதல்—வெற்றிடத்தில் ஆகாயத்தைத் தேடுவது போல—முழுமையான மயக்கமே.
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FAQs
Self-knowledge is not attained by clinging to body-mind identities. The ethical implication is detachment from egoic misidentification and cultivation of discernment (viveka) as the basis of freedom.
Primarily Dharma/Upadeśa material rather than strict pañcalakṣaṇa categories; secondarily supports ‘vaṃśānucarita’ (royal story) as a didactic narrative embedding liberation-teaching.
‘Seeking the sky in emptiness’ signals the futility of searching for the Self as an object among objects. The Self is the witnessing consciousness, not a thing located in the field of phenomena.