Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
प्राप्य ब्रह्मवनं शीतं नीरजस्कमकण्टकम् ।
प्राप्नुवन्ति परां प्राज्ञा निर्वृतिं वृत्तिवर्जिताः ॥
prāpya brahmavanaṃ śītaṃ nīrajaskamakaṇṭakam |
prāpnuvanti parāṃ prājñā nirvṛtiṃ vṛttivarjitāḥ ||
ధూళిలేని, ముళ్లులేని బ్రహ్మ యొక్క శీతల వనాన్ని చేరి, చిత్తవృత్తులేని జ్ఞానులు పరమ శాంతిని పొందుతారు.
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Liberation is portrayed as a state of inner coolness and safety: agitation (rajas) and pain-giving ‘thorns’ cease when mental vṛttis subside through knowledge and discipline.
Didactic mokṣa-teaching (upadeśa), not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit.
‘Dust’ hints at rajas that clouds perception; ‘thorns’ are kleśas and saṃskāras that pierce the mind. The ‘forest’ suggests vastness and non-locality of Brahman, entered by stillness.