Shloka 25
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
नासिका वक्रतामेति कर्णयोर्नमनॊन्नती ।
नेत्रञ्च वामं स्रवति यस्य तस्यायुरुद्गतम् ॥
nāsikā vakratāmeti karṇayornamanonnatī / netrañca vāmaṃ stravati yasya tasyāyurudgatam
Wenn sich die Nase eines Mannes krümmt, seine Ohren herabhängen oder ungleich aufsteigen und sein linkes Auge tränt oder Ausfluss zeigt—dann ist seine Lebensspanne entschwunden.
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FAQs
The tradition treats marked bodily distortions as final warnings; the ethical response is to avoid harm, practice generosity, and steady the mind in remembrance.
Ancillary dharma/ariṣṭa teaching, outside the five core Purāṇic markers.
Asymmetry and involuntary flow indicate imbalance of vāyu/doṣas; symbolically, the ‘left-eye flow’ can denote the draining of embodied perception as consciousness prepares to turn inward.