Shloka 2
Adhyaya 38 — Dattatreya on Non-Identification (Mamata) and the Path to Liberation
सम्यक्प्रपश्यतो ब्रह्मन् मम दुःखं न किञ्चन ।
असम्यग्दर्शिनो मग्नाः सर्वदैवासुखार्णवे ॥
samyak prapaśyato brahman mama duḥkhaṃ na kiñcana |
asamyagdarśino magnāḥ sarvadaivāsukhārṇave ||
โอพราหมณ์ ผู้ที่เห็นอย่างถูกต้องย่อมไม่มีความโศกแม้แต่น้อย ส่วนผู้ที่เห็นผิดย่อมจมอยู่ในมหาสมุทรแห่งทุกข์อยู่เสมอ
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FAQs
Suffering is presented as dependent on ‘darśana’ (the way one sees). Ethical steadiness and peace follow from corrected understanding rather than mere external change.
This is upadeśa (instruction) embedded in narrative; it does not directly enumerate sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but supports the Purāṇa’s role as dharma-jñāna teaching.
‘Right seeing’ implies disentangling the Self from prakṛti’s fluctuations; the ‘ocean’ image hints at saṃsāra as a mental continuum sustained by misapprehension.