Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 28
What is mine is not the Self
मदीयं शरीरं मदीयाः प्राणाः मदीयं मनश्च मदीया बुद्धिर्मदीयं अज्ञानमिति स्वेनैव ज्ञायते तद्यथा मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातं कटककुण्डल गृहादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नं तथा पञ्चकोशादिकं स्वस्माद्भिन्नम् मदीयत्वेन ज्ञातमात्मा न भवति ॥
madīyaṃ śarīraṃ madīyāḥ prāṇāḥ madīyaṃ manaśca madīyā buddhirmadīyaṃ ajñānamiti svenaiva jñāyate tadyathā madīyatvena jñātaṃ kaṭakakuṇḍala gṛhādikaṃ svasmādbhinnaṃ tathā pañcakośādikaṃ svasmādbhinnam madīyatvena jñātamātmā na bhavati ||
'My body, my breaths, my mind, my intellect, my not-knowing': so each is known by oneself. As a bangle, an earring, a house, all that is known as 'mine,' stands apart from the one who owns it, so too the five sheaths and the rest stand apart from oneself. What is known as 'mine' is not the Self.
In plain words
We each say, 'my body, my breaths, my mind, my intellect, my ignorance,' knowing these as our own. Just as a bracelet, an earring, or a house, known as 'mine,' is separate from the one who owns it, so the five sheaths and the rest are separate from oneself. Whatever is known as 'mine' is not the Self.
The terms set down here
- anātman