Shloka 67

Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship

Sanskrit

सोऽहं तव प्रसादाग्नि-निर्दग्धाज्ञानकिल्बिषः ।

तथा यतिष्ये येनेदृङ् न भूयां दुःखभाजनम् ॥

Transliteration

so ’haṃ tava prasādāgni-nirdagdhājñāna-kilbiṣaḥ /

tathā yatiṣye yen edṛṅ na bhūyāṃ duḥkha-bhājanam

Translation

અતએવ હું—આપના પ્રસાદની અગ્નિથી અજ્ઞાનજન્ય પાપો દગ્ધ થઈ—એવો પ્રયત્ન કરીશ કે ફરી ક્યારેય હું આવા દુઃખનો પાત્ર ન બનું।

Word by Word

• सः: that (one); he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सोऽहम्’ = ‘I am that (person)’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादाग्नि-निर्दग्धाज्ञानकिल्बिषः: whose ignorance-sin is burnt by (your) grace-fire
• प्रसादाग्नि-निर्दग्धाज्ञानकिल्बिषः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्दग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘प्रसादाग्निना निर्दग्धम् अज्ञानकिल्बिषं यस्य सः’ (whose sin of ignorance is burnt by the fire of grace)

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: None (अव्यय/adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• यतिष्ये: I will strive
• यतिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-रूपेण; साधन/प्रकारार्थे ‘by which’

• ईदृक्: such (as this)
• ईदृक्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्/सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषणम्; ‘such (as this)’; here predicative qualifier

• न: not
• न: None (अव्यय/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• भूयाम्: may I become
• भूयाम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may I not become’

• दुःखभाजनम्: a vessel of sorrow; one who suffers
• दुःखभाजनम्: Karma (कर्म/Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘दुःखस्य भाजनम्’ (receptacle of sorrow); ‘भूयाम्’ इत्यस्य पूरक (predicate complement)

Speakers

• Alarka to Atri’s son (guru figure)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Grace (prasāda)
• Purification of ignorance
• Resolve and practice (yati)
• Freedom from suffering

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Insight must mature into sustained effort. The verse links grace with personal responsibility: the teacher’s compassion ignites purification, but the disciple must persevere so old patterns do not return.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A concluding didactic statement within narrative (dharma and yoga instruction), not a direct pancalakṣaṇa segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Fire of grace’ is the inner transformative heat that burns avidyā-based impressions. The resolve ‘not to be a vessel of sorrow again’ points to stabilizing realization through abhyāsa and vairāgya.