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Shloka 3

Adhyaya 26Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty

इत्थं तया स तनयो जन्मप्रभृति बोधितः ।

चकार न मतिं प्राज्ञो गार्हस्थ्यं प्रति निर्ममः ॥

itthaṃ tayā sa tanayo janmaprabhṛti bodhitaḥ / cakāra na matiṃ prājño gārhasthyaṃ prati nirmamaḥ

So von ihr seit der Geburt unterwiesen, richtete jener weise Sohn — frei von Besitzgier — seinen Geist nicht auf das Leben des Hausvaters (gṛhastha).

itthamthus/in this manner
ittham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootittham (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
tayāby her
tayā:
Karaṇa (करण/agent-instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tanayaḥthe son
tanayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
TypeNoun
Roottanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
janma-prabhṛtifrom birth onward
janma-prabhṛti:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootjanman + prabhṛti (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; अव्ययीभाव-समासः meaning 'from birth onwards'
bodhitaḥwas instructed/awakened
bodhitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (धातु) + ita (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; passive sense
cakāramade/did
cakāra:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle
matimintention/mindset
matim:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootmati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
prājñaḥthe wise one
prājñaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootprājña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
gārhasthyamhouseholder life
gārhasthyam:
Karma (कर्म/object of 'matiṃ cakāra')
TypeNoun
Rootgārhasthya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
pratitowards/with regard to
prati:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/prepositional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; preposition-like indeclinable governing accusative
nirmamaḥfree from possessiveness
nirmamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirmama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
Jaḍa (narration)

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Renunciation tendencyAshrama choiceNon-possessiveness

FAQs

Non-attachment naturally reduces craving for domestic entanglement; the verse portrays vairāgya as an outcome of sustained right-view.

Personal conduct narrative (vaṃśānucarita-adjacent) illustrating dharma/adhyātma rather than cosmic cycles.

‘Not turning the mind toward gārhasthya’ signals withdrawal of ahaṅkāra-mamatā from roles, a prerequisite for deeper yoga or jñāna.