Shloka 16
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
रक्तकृष्णाम्बरधरा गायन्ती हसती च यम् ।
दक्षिणाशान्नयेन्नारी स्वप्ने सोऽपि न जीवति ॥
raktakṛṣṇāmbaradharā gāyantī hasatī ca yam / dakṣiṇāśānnayennārī svapne so 'pi na jīvati
যদি স্বপ্নত ৰঙা আৰু ক’লা বস্ত্ৰধাৰিণী কোনো নাৰী—গাই আৰু হাঁহি—কাকো দক্ষিণ দিশলৈ লৈ যায়, তেন্তে সিও জীয়াই নাথাকে; মৃত্যু সন্নিকট।
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FAQs
The verse depicts death as an unavoidable summons; its ethical use is to provoke wakefulness—live in a way that leaves no unfinished harm, debt, or neglected duty.
Ancillary omen-literature; not among the five defining Purāṇic topics.
The laughing, singing guide represents māyā’s seductive pull even at the threshold; red-black suggests rajas-tamas dominance and the terrifying/liminal aspect of transition toward Yama’s quarter.