Shloka 38
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
नाहं शरीरं न मनो यतोऽहं पृथक् शरीरान्मनसस्तथाहम् ।
तत् सन्तु चेतस्यथवापि देहे सुखानि दुःखानि च किं ममात्र ॥
nāhaṃ śarīraṃ na mano yato ’haṃ pṛthak śarīrān manasas tathāham | tat santu cetasy athavāpi dehe sukhāni duḥkhāni ca kiṃ mamātra ||
میں نہ جسم ہوں نہ ذہن؛ میں جسم سے بھی جدا ہوں اور ذہن سے بھی۔ سکھ اور دکھ ذہن میں ہوں یا جسم میں—یہاں ان کا مجھ سے کیا تعلق؟
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FAQs
One can acknowledge experiences without appropriating them. This yields calm conduct, endurance, and fewer harmful reactions.
Instructional philosophy; not a pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
The verse teaches sākṣitva (witnesshood): phenomena may arise in body/mind, but the Self remains untouched—key to mokṣa-oriented contemplation.