Shloka 36
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
“पहले जो मैंने इसके प्रति ममता की थी, उसके कारण मुझे भिन्न-भिन्न योनियोंमें भटकना पड़ा। यद्यपि मैं ममतारहित हूँ तो भी इस प्रकृतिजनित ममताने भिन्न-भिन्न योनियोंमें मुझे डालकर मेरी बड़ी दुर्दशा कर डाली ।।
pūrvaṃ yā mayā ’smin prati mamatā kṛtā, tayā hetunā me nānāyoniṣu bhramaṇaṃ prāptam | yadyapy ahaṃ mamatārahitaḥ, tathāpi prakṛtijanita-mamatayā nānāyoniṣu nikṣipya mama mahad duḥkhaṃ kṛtam || yoniṣu vartamānena naṣṭasaṃjñena cetasā | na mamātrānayā kāryam ahaṃkārakṛtātmayā ||
婆悉吒说道：“往昔因我以‘我所’执著于此，便被迫在诸多种类的生中流转。虽我如今已离个人之执，但那由原质（Prakṛti）所生的执著仍将我抛入种种胎藏，使我陷于大苦。穿行于那些生死之际，我的心识曾失却清明。如今我与这由我慢（我执）造作的性相再无所用；我决不再让‘我’与‘我所’支配于我。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Possessive attachment (mamatā) and ego-sense (ahaṃkāra) bind consciousness to saṃsāra, producing repeated births and loss of clarity. Freedom comes by refusing identification with ego-made nature and cultivating detachment and self-knowledge.
Vasiṣṭha reflects on his own past bondage: due to earlier possessiveness he wandered through many births and his awareness became obscured. He now declares renunciation of ego-driven identification with Prakṛti, marking a turn toward liberation.