Shloka 36

न हायं कस्यचित्‌ कक्षिन्नास्य कश्नन विद्यते | भवत्येको हायं नित्यं शरीरे सुखदुः:खभाक्‌,यह जीव वास्तवमें किसीका कोई नहीं है और न कोई दूसरा ही उसका कुछ है। वास्तवमें यह तो सदा अकेला ही है। परंतु शरीरमें रहकर उसे अपना माननेके कारण ही यह सुख-दुःखका भागी होता है

na hāyaṁ kasyacit kaścin nāsya kaścan na vidyate | bhavaty eko hy ayaṁ nityaṁ śarīre sukha-duḥkha-bhāk ||

اسیت نے کہا—یہ جیو حقیقت میں کسی کا نہیں، اور نہ کوئی دوسرا حقیقت میں اس کا ہے؛ دراصل یہ ہمیشہ اکیلا ہی ہے۔ مگر جسم میں رہ کر اسے ‘میرا’ سمجھ لینے کے سبب یہ سکھ اور دکھ کا حصہ دار بن جاتا ہے۔

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
अयम्this (person/self)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कस्यचित्of anyone
कस्यचित्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
कश्चित्someone/anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्यof him/of this one
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
कश्चनanyone at all
कश्चन:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (विद्+य)
Formpresent, third, singular, ātmanepada
भवतिis/becomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formpresent, third, singular, parasmaipada
एकःalone/one
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
अयम्this (self)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
शरीरेin the body
शरीरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
Formneuter, locative, singular
सुखदुःखभाक्partaker of pleasure and pain
सुखदुःखभाक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभाज् (भाक्) / भज् (भाक्)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

असित उवाच

A
Asita
Ś
śarīra (body)
J
jīva/ātman (implied individual self)

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.