Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa 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
Instruido por ella desde el nacimiento, aquel hijo sabio—libre de posesividad—no puso su mente en la vida del cabeza de familia (gṛhastha).
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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.