Shloka 34
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
ततो<स्मि बहुरूपासु स्थितो मूर्तिष्वमूर्तिमान् । अमूर्तश्चापि मूर्तात्मा ममत्वेन प्रधर्षित:
tato 'smi bahurūpāsu sthito mūrtiṣv amūrtimān | amūrtaś cāpi mūrtātmā mamatvena pradharṣitaḥ ||
婆悉吒说道：“其后，虽我实为无相，却寄居于原质（Prakṛti）多形多相的诸般身相之中。虽无相，我仍执取有身之我，被‘我所’之念（执著）所压伏。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even what is essentially formless and unattached can appear ‘embodied’ when consciousness identifies with forms through mamatā (the sense of possession and ‘mine’). The ethical thrust is to weaken possessiveness and identification, which are presented as the forces that bind the self to embodied limitation.
Vasiṣṭha is describing an inner, philosophical account of how the self—though intrinsically formless—comes to be situated among manifold forms and experiences itself as embodied due to the overpowering influence of attachment (mamatva).