Shloka 57
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
तद्गृहं यत्र वसतिः तद्भोज्यं येन जीवति ।
येन सम्पद्यते चार्थस्तत्सुखं ममतात्र का ॥
tadgṛhaṃ yatra vasatiḥ tadbhojyaṃ yena jīvati | yena sampadyate cārthas tatsukhaṃ mamatātra kā ||
ذلك هو «البيت» الذي يُقام فيه؛ وذلك هو «الطعام» الذي تُحيا به الحياة؛ وذلك هو «المال» الذي تُقضى به الغاية؛ وذلك هو «اللذّة»—فأيُّ «مِلكيّةٍ» أو «هذا لي» في هذه الأشياء؟
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FAQs
Resources are functional supports, not extensions of the self. Recognizing their conditional, instrumental nature dissolves possessiveness and stabilizes yoga.
A mokṣa-oriented teaching passage; not within the five formal purāṇic marks.
The verse deconstructs identity built on external props (place, food, wealth, pleasure). When these are seen as ‘that’ (tad) rather than ‘mine,’ the witness-consciousness stands revealed.