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Shloka 36

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

मनस्यवस्थितं दुःखं सुखं वा मानसञ्च यत् ।

यतस्ततो न मे दुःखं सुखं वा न ह्यहं मनः ॥

Transliteration

manasy avasthitaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā mānasañ ca yat | yatas tato na me duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vā na hy ahaṃ manaḥ ||

Translation

దుఃఖమో సుఖమో, అలాగే మానసికమైనదంతా మనసులోనే నిలిచి ఉంటుంది. అందువల్ల అది నాది కాదు—దుఃఖమూ కాదు, సుఖమూ కాదు—ఎందుకంటే నేను మనస్సు కాదు.

Word by Word
मनसिin the mind
मनसि:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
अवस्थितम्situated/abiding
अवस्थितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with अव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)
दुःखम्pain
दुःखम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
सुखम्pleasure
सुखम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
वाor
वा:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive: or)
मानसम्mental
मानसम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
यतःfrom which/therefore
यतः:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/अपादानार्थक (from which/therefore)
ततःtherefore/from that
ततः:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from that)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (not)
मेof me/to me
मे:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
दुःखम्pain
दुःखम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
सुखम्pleasure
सुखम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
वाor
वा:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (not)
हिindeed
हि:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
मनःthe mind
मनः:
Pratijñā/Predicate (प्रत्यय/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
Speakers
Philosophical speaker within the dialogue (Advaitic self-inquiry voice; exact named speaker not provided in the excerpt)
Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes
Mind-body distinctionWitness vs. thoughtDetachment from emotionsYoga/Vedānta

FAQs

Since feelings occur in the mind, one can observe them without self-identification. Practically, this supports patience, non-reactivity, and steadiness.

Didactic yoga/vedānta teaching; not a pañcalakṣaṇa unit.

The verse encodes the ‘seer-seen’ split (dṛg-dṛśya): mental states are objects; the Self is the subject that cannot be reduced to them.

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