Shloka 32
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
यश्चाभिहन्यते दुष्टैर्भूतै रात्रावथो दिवा ।
स मृत्युम् सप्तरा्त्र्यन्ते नरः प्राप्रोत्यसंशयम् ॥
yaś cābhihanyate duṣṭair bhūtai rātrāv atho divā / sa mṛtyuṃ saptarātryante naraḥ prāpnoty asaṃśayam
Celui que des bhūtas malfaisants frappent ou tourmentent, de nuit comme de jour—un tel homme, sans aucun doute, rencontre la mort au terme de sept nuits.
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FAQs
The text recognizes unseen afflictions as part of the human vulnerability narrative. Ethically, it implies the need for protective dharma—purity, prayer, and right conduct—while also stressing impermanence.
Dharma/ritual-psychological lore, not pancalakṣaṇa material.
‘Bhūta’ can be read both literally (spirits) and symbolically (disordered elemental forces within). A fixed term (‘seven nights’) conveys a completed cycle of decline before prāṇa departs.