Shloka 36
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
Fever
न हायं कस्यचित् कक्षिन्नास्य कश्नन विद्यते | भवत्येको हायं नित्यं शरीरे सुखदुः:खभाक्
na hāyaṁ kasyacit kaścin nāsya kaścan na vidyate | bhavaty eko hy ayaṁ nityaṁ śarīre sukha-duḥkha-bhāk ||
Wika ni Asita: “Ang sarili ay tunay na hindi pag-aari ninuman, at wala ring sinuman na tunay na pag-aari nito. Sa katotohanan, ito’y laging nag-iisa. Ngunit sa paninirahan sa katawan at sa pag-aangkin dito bilang ‘akin’, nagiging kabahagi ito ng ligaya at sakit.”
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
The self is intrinsically solitary and unowned; suffering arises when it identifies with the body and develops possessiveness (‘mine’), thereby becoming an experiencer of pleasure and pain.
In a didactic discourse in Śānti Parva, the sage Asita instructs about the nature of the self and the roots of bondage, emphasizing detachment from bodily identification as an ethical-spiritual remedy for grief and suffering.