Shloka 80
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
निर्जितेन्द्रियवर्गस्तु त्यक्त्वा सङ्गमशेषतः ।
मनो ब्रह्मणि सन्धाय तज्जये परमो जयः ॥
nirjitendriya-vargas tu tyaktvā saṅgamaśeṣataḥ |
mano brahmaṇi sandhāya taj-jaye paramo jayaḥ ||
しかし、諸感官の軍勢を征服し、執着を余すところなく捨て、心をブラフマンに安住させるならば――「それ」に勝つことこそ、最上の勝利である。
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FAQs
The real conquest is internal: mastery over the senses and attachments, culminating in steady contemplation of Brahman. Political victory is secondary to self-mastery.
Dharma/adhyātma upadeśa within narrative; not one of the five cosmological-genealogical lakṣaṇas in itself.
‘Victory over That’ suggests overcoming the last subtle duality—mind’s separation from the absolute—where even the impulse to ‘win’ dissolves into abiding awareness.