Shloka 75
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
तं जित्वा नृपतिर्भोगान् यथाभिलषितान् वरान् ।
भुञ्जीत परमं सिद्ध्यै यजेत च महामखैः ॥
taṃ jitvā nṛpatir bhogān yathābhilaṣitān varān / bhuñjīta paramaṃ siddhyai yajeta ca mahāmakhaiḥ
«L’ayant vaincu, le roi doit jouir d’excellents plaisirs selon son désir, en vue de l’accomplissement suprême ; et il doit aussi accomplir de grands sacrifices (yajña).»
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FAQs
This states the classical householder/royal ideal: victory enables legitimate enjoyment and ritual patronage; it contrasts with Alarka’s nivṛtti trajectory, setting up the debate between worldly merit and liberation.
Dharma and ritual orientation within a royal lineage narrative (vaṃśānucarita).
The verse encapsulates the ‘karmic economy’—power → enjoyment → sacrifice → merit/siddhi—against which the moksha-teaching will argue that all such cycles remain within saṃsāra.