Adhyaya 45 — Mount Meru
ध्रुवमक्षय्यमजरममेयं नान्यसंश्रयम् ।
गन्धरूपरसैर्हीनं शब्दस्पर्शविवर्जितम् ॥
dhruvam akṣayyam ajaram ameyaṃ nānya-saṃśrayam |
gandha-rūpa-rasair hīnaṃ śabda-sparśa-vivarjitam ||
అది స్థిరమైనది, అజరమైనది, అవినాశి, అపరిమేయం, ఇతర దేనిపైనా ఆధారపడనిది; గంధ-రూప-రస రహితం, శబ్ద-స్పర్శ రహితమూ.
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By negating sensory attributes, the text cautions against mistaking perceptible qualities for ultimate reality; ethically it fosters detachment from sense-driven judgments.
Sarga/Pratisarga: further specification of the primordial substrate prior to the emergence of subtle elements (tanmātras) and gross elements.
The ‘devoid of sound/touch/etc.’ signals a pre-sensory state: in meditation, withdrawing from sensory objects approximates this unmanifest level, revealing the stability (dhruva) beneath experience.