Shloka 69

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

Sanskrit

दत्तात्रेय उवाच

गच्छ राजेन्द्र ! भद्रं ते यथा ते कथितं मया ।

निर्ममो निरहङ्कारस्तथा चर विमुक्तये ॥

Transliteration

dattātreya uvāca gaccha rājendra! bhadraṃ te yathā te kathitaṃ mayā / nirmamo nirahaṅkāras tathā cara vimuktaye

Translation

ດັດຕາເຕຣຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໄປເຖີດ, ໂອ ກະສັດຜູ້ປະເສີດ; ຂໍໃຫ້ຄວາມດີມີແກ່ເຈົ້າ. ຈົ່ງດຳລົງຊີວິດຕາມທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສອນ—ບໍ່ຍຶດຖືຄອບຄອງ ແລະ ບໍ່ມີອັດຕາ—ເພື່ອຄວາມຫຼຸດພົ້ນ»។

Word by Word

• दत्तात्रेयः: Dattātreya
• दत्तात्रेयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Prayojana/Āśīḥ (आशीः/भावार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक/उपमानार्थ (conjunction: ‘as/according as’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told/said’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• निर्ममः: free from possessiveness
• निर्ममः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरहङ्कारः: free from ego
• निरहङ्कारः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरहङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

• चर: conduct yourself / live
• चर: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विमुक्तये: for liberation
• विमुक्तये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

Speakers

• Dattatreya addressing the king (Alarka)

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Dattātreya

Key Themes

• Moksha-sadhana
• Egolessness (nirahaṅkāra)
• Non-possessiveness (nirmama)
• Royal dharma transformed into spiritual dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Liberation is tied to inner renunciation: abandoning ‘I’ and ‘mine’ rather than merely changing external status. Even a king can move toward moksha by transforming the sense of ownership and ego.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Didactic dharma within vaṃśānucarita-style life narrative (a king’s conduct and transformation), not a cosmological limb (sarga/pratisarga/manvantara).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Nirmama’ and ‘nirahaṅkāra’ are practical markers of jñāna: when the appropriating self dissolves, bondage (saṃsāra) loses its support. The verse encodes a non-dual ethic in simple behavioral terms.