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Shloka 32

Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)

Sanskrit

नाहम् उर्वो न सलिलं न ज्योतिरनिलो न च ।

नाकाशं किन्तु शारीरं समेत्य सुखमिष्यते ॥

Transliteration

nāham urvo na salilaṃ na jyotir anilo na ca /

nākāśaṃ kintu śārīraṃ sametya sukham iṣyate //

Translation

“Ta không phải là đất, không phải là nước, không phải là lửa, không phải là gió, cũng không phải là hư không. Chỉ có trạng thái mang thân—do sự hội tụ của các yếu tố ấy—mới đi tìm (và tưởng tượng) hạnh phúc.”

Word by Word
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular
उर्वःof earth; earthly
उर्वः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी/उर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (उर्वी), षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular; intended sense: 'of earth' (earth-element)
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
सलिलम्water
सलिलम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
ज्योतिःfire; light
ज्योतिः:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
अनिलःwind; air
अनिलः:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता/प्रत्ययार्थ), एकवचन; nominative singular in predicative listing
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
नnot
न:
निपात (Negation/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)
आकाशम्ether; space
आकाशम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here nominative/accusative in predicative listing
किन्तुbut
किन्तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिन्तु (अव्यय)
Formव्यतिरेकबोधक-अव्यय (adversative conjunction)
शारीरम्the bodily (state); embodied
शारीरम्:
प्रत्ययार्थ (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootशारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; predicative nominal (the embodied/physical)
समेत्यhaving attained; having come together
समेत्य:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + इ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); 'having come together/attained'
सुखम्happiness
सुखम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular
इष्यतेis desired; is accepted
इष्यते:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; passive-like sense 'is desired/accepted'
Speakers
King (responding after reflection) within the Dattātreya encounter narrative
Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "jnana", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes
Pancha-mahabhuta analysisNon-identification with the bodyVedanta/Samkhya resonanceMoksha

FAQs

Suffering is reduced by loosening body-identification. The king articulates elemental analysis: the self is not the material constituents; the body-composite is what runs after pleasure.

This is adhyātma (spiritual philosophy) within narrative instruction, not one of the five defining Purāṇic categories.

The ‘not this’ (neti-neti) style disidentification points to the witnessing consciousness beyond the five elements. ‘Śārīraṃ sametya’ subtly indicates that bondage belongs to the constructed personality/body-complex, not to the pure Self.

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