Shloka 40

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

न यस्य हस्तादिकमप्यशेषं मांसं न चास्थीनि खिराविभागः ।

कस्तस्य नागाश्वरथादिकोशैः स्वल्पोऽपि सम्बन्ध इहास्ति पुंसः ॥

Transliteration

na yasya hastādikam apy aśeṣaṃ māṃsaṃ na cāsthīni khirā-vibhāgaḥ | kas tasya nāgāśva-rathādi-kośaiḥ svalpo ’pi sambandha ihāsti puṃsaḥ ||

Translation

Para sa taong kahit ang mga kamay at iba pa ay hindi ang Sarili—hindi laman, hindi buto, hindi mga bahagi—anong ugnayan, kahit kaunti, ang maaari niyang taglayin dito sa mga elepante, kabayo, karwahe, kayamanan, at mga katulad?

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive singular: 'whose')

• hastādikam: hand etc. (limbs and the like)
• hastādikam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta + ādi + ka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हस्तः आदिः यस्य/हस्तादि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. sg; here as subject-complement)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कार (particle: 'even/also')

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. sg; adverbial/qualifying)

• māṃsam: flesh
• māṃsam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. sg)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. plural)

• khirāvibhāgaḥ: division/portioning of 'khirā' (as read)
• khirāvibhāgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khirā + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (खिरायाः विभागः/खिरा-विभागः); पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative singular)

• kaḥ: who/what (which)
• kaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive singular: 'of him')

• nāgāśvarathādikośaiḥ: with treasuries/resources of elephants, horses, chariots, etc.
• nāgāśvarathādikośaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument/association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga + aśva + ratha + ādi + kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (नाग-अश्व-रथ-आदि-कोश); बहुवचन, तृतीया (Instrumental plural)

• svalpaḥ: small, slight
• svalpaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative singular)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कार (even)

• sambandhaḥ: connection, relation
• sambandhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sambandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative singular)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here')

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• puṃsaḥ: of a man/person
• puṃsaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive singular)

Speakers

• Philosophical speaker within the dialogue (Advaitic self-inquiry voice; exact named speaker not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vairagya", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Non-ownership
• Worldly power as external
• Body negation
• Vairāgya

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

If one is not the body, then possessions and power-systems tied to the body (army, wealth) cannot be ‘mine’ in any ultimate sense—reducing pride and conflict.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethico-philosophical counsel; not pañcalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

Elephants/horses/treasury represent the apparatus of worldly sovereignty. The verse cuts the root assumption of ownership by denying bodily identity.