Shloka 42
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
यथा घटीकुम्भकमाṇ्डलुस्थम् आकाशमेकं बहुधा हि दृष्टम् ।
तथा सुबाहुः स च काशिपोऽहं मल्ये च देहेषु शरीरभेदैः ॥
yathā ghaṭī-kumbhaka-maṇḍalu-stham ākāśam ekaṃ bahudhā hi dṛṣṭam | tathā subāhuḥ sa ca kāśipo ’haṃ malye ca deheṣu śarīra-bhedaiḥ ||
جیسے ایک ہی آکاش چھوٹے گھڑے، کلش یا آب دان میں گھِر کر بہت سا دکھائی دیتا ہے، ویسے ہی اجسام کے اختلاف سے—یہاں سُباہُو ہے، یہاں کاشیپ ہے، یہاں میں ہوں؛ اور مَلّوں اور دیگر جسم داروں میں بھی (ایسا ہی امتیاز نظر آتا ہے)۔
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FAQs
Apparent differences among persons are conditioned by bodily ‘containers’; recognizing the underlying unity supports non-hatred, empathy, and impartiality.
A metaphysical teaching within the narrative frame; not a pañcalakṣaṇa element.
The pot-space analogy teaches that individuality is an upādhi (limiting adjunct). When the adjunct is ‘seen through,’ the one Self (like space) is understood as indivisible.