Shloka 53
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
शिरोगता सन्त्यजति ततो 'न्यं याति चाश्रयम् ।
सेयं शिरोगता चैतान् परित्यक्ष्यति साम्प्रतम् ॥
śirogatā santyajati tato 'nyaṃ yāti cāśrayam / seyaṃ śirogatā caitān parityakṣyati sāmpratam
যেতিয়া লক্ষ্মী মূৰত উপনীত হয়, তেতিয়া তেওঁ তাক ত্যাগ কৰি আন আশ্ৰয়লৈ যায়। এই লক্ষ্মী এতিয়া মূৰত আহি এই শত্রুবোৰক ত্যাগ কৰিব।
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FAQs
Fortune that ‘goes to the head’ becomes unstable—an ethical warning against intoxication by prosperity; pride precipitates the departure of śrī.
Moral instruction expressed through personified Lakṣmī; ancillary narrative teaching rather than one of the five formal purāṇic categories.
‘Head’ symbolizes ahaṅkāra (ego). When śrī is appropriated by ego, it cannot remain; it migrates to a humbler ‘support’ (āśraya).