Shloka 37
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
पक्षिण ऊचुः एवमुक्त्वा स पितरं प्राप्यानुज्ञां ततश्च सः ।
ब्रह्मन् ! जगाम मेधावी परित्यक्तपरिग्रहः ॥
pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ evam uktvā sa pitaraṃ prāpya anujñāṃ tataś ca saḥ /
brahman! jagāma medhāvī parityakta-parigrahaḥ
Die Vögel sprachen: «So hatte er gesprochen; und nachdem er die Erlaubnis seines Vaters erlangt hatte, brach jener Weise auf, o Brahmane, nachdem er seinen Besitz aufgegeben hatte.»
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FAQs
The Purāṇic pedagogy emphasizes that insight must become conduct: the seeker not only speaks of non-attachment but concretely leaves with possessions relinquished, after honoring relational duties via consent.
Narrative (ākhyāna) used for dharma/mokṣa instruction; ancillary to the five-lakṣaṇa core, but typical of Purāṇic teaching style.
The ‘birds’ as speakers often signify higher discernment observing human life; the departure ‘after permission’ indicates renunciation is stable when it is non-reactive and not born of conflict.