Shloka 36
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
एवं द्वन्द्चान्यथैतानि समावर्तन्ति नित्यश: । ममैवैतानि जायन्ते धावन्ते तानि मामिति
evaṁ dvandvān yathaitāni samāvartanti nityaśaḥ | mamaivaitāni jāyante dhāvante tāni mām iti ||
婆悉吒说道：“因此，乐与苦等诸对待之相，依其本性不断回旋再现。然而具身之我因无明而想：‘唯为我而生；它们向我扑来。’将之视作对“我”的侵袭，便忧苦不安，急切求脱。其实，是与原质（Prakṛti）相系之人，在迷妄中构造此等观念——譬如想：‘我将往诸天界，享受一切行为之果；’或想：‘我将在此处受用前生所作善恶业之现起果报。’”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dualities like pleasure and pain recur naturally; suffering intensifies when the self appropriates them as ‘happening to me.’ This egoic misreading, rooted in ignorance and identification with Prakṛti, fuels anxiety about escaping experiences and about enjoying or fearing karmic results.
Vasiṣṭha instructs a kingly listener (addressed as ‘Nareśvara’) in a reflective, philosophical discourse. He explains how the embodied person misconstrues recurring life-experiences as personal attacks and spins expectations about heavenly enjoyment and karmic fruition, thereby remaining bound to distress.