Shloka 29
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
दुःखापहारम् अद्यैव करोमि तव पार्थिव ! ।
सत्यं ब्रूहि किमर्थं ते दुःखं तत् पृथिवीपते ॥
duḥkhāpahāram adyaiva karomi tava pārthiva! /
satyaṃ brūhi kimarthaṃ te duḥkhaṃ tat pṛthivīpate //
“大王啊，就在今日我将除去你的忧苦。请如实告知：大地之主啊，你的这份忧愁因何而起？”
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FAQs
Healing begins with truthful diagnosis. The sage’s promise is paired with inquiry, indicating that liberation requires clarity about the root of one’s bondage.
Dialogue-based instruction; not a Pancalakṣaṇa element.
The ‘today itself’ underscores immediacy: insight can be instantaneous once the cause is seen. The question redirects attention inward, where the seed of duḥkha resides.