Shloka 23
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
कस्याहमिति संज्ञेयमित्यालोच्य त्वयात्मना ।
बाह्यान्तर्गतं आलॊच्य आलॊच्यापररात्रिषु ॥
kasyāham iti saṃjñeyam ity ālocya tvayātmanā / bāhyāntargatam ālocya ālocyāpara-rātriṣu //
ចូរពិចារណានៅក្នុងខ្លួនអ្នកថា៖ «‘ខ្ញុំ’ នេះ គួរយល់ថាជារបស់អ្នកណា (ឬអ្វី)?» ពិនិត្យអ្វីដែលនៅក្រៅ និងអ្វីដែលនៅក្នុង—ហើយពិចារណាម្តងហើយម្តងទៀត រាត្រីហើយរាត្រី។
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FAQs
Sustained self-examination is prescribed as a practice, not a one-time insight. By distinguishing outer identities (role, body, status) from inner awareness, one matures toward stable dharmic and spiritual orientation.
Yoga/knowledge instruction embedded in narrative; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The repeated ‘night after night’ indicates tapas as contemplative endurance. The inquiry ‘kasya aham’ destabilizes ego-ownership and opens the intuition of the witnessing Self beyond possessions and roles.