Adhyaya 38 — Shraddha Rites
सोऽहं न दुःखी न सुखी यतोऽहं प्रकृतेः परः ।
यो भूताभिभवो भूतैः सुखदुःखात्मकॊ हि सः ॥
so 'haṃ na duḥkhī na sukhī yato 'haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ |
yo bhūtābhibhavo bhūtaiḥ sukhaduḥkhātmako hi saḥ ||
Kaya nga, hindi ako nalulungkot ni natutuwa, sapagkat ako’y lampas sa prakṛti (likas na kalikasang materyal). Ang nalulupig ng mga nilalang at mga kalagayan ay tunay na binubuo ng ligaya at sakit.
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Freedom is defined as dis-identification: happiness and sorrow apply to the conditioned personality, not to the witnessing Self. Practically, this supports steadiness amid gain/loss.
Jnana-oriented instruction; ancillary to dharma teaching rather than a pancalakṣaṇa enumeration.
‘Beyond prakṛti’ signals a Sāṃkhya/Upaniṣadic register: puruṣa (witness) is untouched; sukha-duḥkha arise where identification with guṇas persists.