Shloka 21
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
सूर्योदये यस्य शिवा क्रोशन्ती याति संमुखम् ।
विपरीतं परीतं वा स सद्यो मृत्युमृच्छति ॥
sūryodaye yasya śivā krośantī yāti saṃmukham / viparītaṃ parītaṃ vā sa sadyo mṛtyumṛcchati
عند شروق الشمس، إذا أقبل ابنُ آوى (śivā) نحو رجلٍ وهو يعوي—سواء أتى من جهةٍ معاكسة أو كان يدور حوله—فإنه يموت في الحال.
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FAQs
Nature is read as a moral mirror in Purāṇic culture; ominous encounters prompt restraint, prayer, and urgent completion of righteous duties.
Ancillary dharma/śakuna material; not one of the five principal Purāṇic characteristics.
Sunrise marks the day’s prāṇic ‘opening’; an inauspicious śakuna at that liminal time symbolizes obstruction of life-force and the closing of one’s allotted time.