Shloka 9
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
यथैकमर्थे यातानामेकस्मिन्नवसीदति ।
दुःखं भवति साधूनां ततास्माकं महीपते ॥
yathaika-marthe yātānām ekasminn avasīdati / duḥkhaṃ bhavati sādhūnāṃ tatāsmākaṃ mahīpate
જેમ એક જ હેતુ માટે નીકળેલા સજ્જનોમાં કોઈ એક જણ ડગમગે, તો તે સજ્જનો માટે શોકનું કારણ બને—તેમ જ, હે રાજન, અમારું પણ છે।
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FAQs
Virtue is relational: the ‘good’ do not remain indifferent when a companion declines; compassion motivates corrective action rather than judgment.
Ethical instruction (ācāra/nīti) in narrative form; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
The ‘single purpose’ hints at a shared dharmic trajectory; when one consciousness ‘sinks,’ it disturbs the harmony of the whole—an implicit teaching on saṅga (association) and its power.