Shloka 42
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
तस्य भागे तथैवाह्नो योगं युञ्जीत योगवित् ।
पूर्वाह्ने चापराह्ने च मध्याह्ने चापि तद्दिने ॥
tasya bhāge tathaivāhno yogaṃ yuñjīta yogavit / pūrvāhne cāparāhne ca madhyāhne cāpi tad dine
उसी दिन के उसी प्रहर/विभाग में योग-विद् को योग का अभ्यास करना चाहिए—चाहे वह पूर्वाह्न हो, अपराह्न हो या मध्याह्न, उसी दिन।
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FAQs
The teaching is pragmatic: spiritual practice is scheduled with precision at the very time-window implicated by the sign—turning anxiety into disciplined action.
Not pancalakṣaṇa material; it is prescriptive yoga-dharma (ācāra) within a philosophical discourse.
Time-of-day corresponds to shifts in guṇas and prāṇic currents; aligning practice with that segment aims to neutralize the karmic ‘opening’ indicated by the omen.