Adhyaya 25 — Madālāsā’s Return, Royal Succession, and the First Teaching to Vikrānta
त्वं कञ्चुके शीर्यमाणे निजेऽस्मिंस्तस्मिंश्च देहे मूढतां मा व्रजेथाः ।
शुभाशुभैः कर्मभिर्देहमेतन्मदादिमूढैः सञ्चुकस्तेऽपिनद्धः ॥
tvaṃ kañcuke śīryamāṇe nije 'smiṃs tasmiṃś ca dehe mūḍhatāṃ mā vrajethāḥ / śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhir deham etan madādimūḍhaiḥ sañcukaste 'pinaddhaḥ
جب یہ ‘لباس’—تمہارا اپنا جسم—بوسیدہ ہو کر فنا ہو جائے تو اس کے بارے میں فریبِ نظر میں نہ پڑو۔ یہ بدن نیک و بد اعمال کے سبب، غرور وغیرہ سے گمراہ لوگوں نے تم پر سی کر باندھا ہوا گویا ایک کَنجُک ہے۔
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The body is impermanent and should not be treated as the self. Karma (good and bad) conditions embodiment; wisdom is to avoid pride-driven delusion and cultivate self-knowledge.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but a didactic-adhyātma passage embedded in narrative (upākhyāna).
‘Garment’ imagery points to the ātman as the wearer and the body as a temporary covering shaped by saṃskāras; liberation begins with loosening identification with the covering.