Shloka 30
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
दत्तात्रेय उवाच
सत्यमेतत् सुरा विद्या ममाऽस्ति समदर्शिनः ।
अस्याऽस्तु योषितः सङ्गादहमुच्छिष्टतां गतः ॥
dattātreya uvāca
satyam etat surā vidyā mamāsti samadarśinaḥ |
asyāstu yoṣitaḥ saṅgād aham ucchiṣṭatāṃ gataḥ ||
Wika ni Dattātreya: “Totoo, mga diyos: ang kaalaman ay nasa akin, at pantay ang aking pagtingin sa lahat. Gayunman, dahil sa pakikisama ko sa babaeng ito, napasailalim ako sa kalagayang tinatawag na ‘ucchiṣṭa’ (nadungisan ng mga tira).”
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FAQs
Even with insight, habitual association and attachment can create downfall in terms of conduct and reputation. The narrative uses ‘saṅga’ to show how the mind’s clinging—not mere knowledge-claims—determines freedom.
A moral-psychological instruction embedded in Ākhyāna; not part of the five formal purāṇic markers except as ancillary dharma teaching.
‘Samadarśin’ indicates non-dual vision, yet the verse dramatizes the difference between realization and the residual momentum (vāsanā) that can still manifest as socially ‘defiling’ behavior.