Shloka 26
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
ततः स साधुसम्पर्कं चिन्तयन् पृथिवीपतिः ।
दत्तात्रेयं महाभागम् अगच्छत् परमार्तिमान् ॥
tataḥ sa sādhusamparkaṃ cintayan pṛthivīpatiḥ /
dattātreyaṃ mahābhāgam agacchat paramārtimān //
അപ്പോൾ രാജാവ്, പവിത്രരുടെ സമ്പർക്കം മനസ്സിൽ ധ്യാനിച്ച്, അത്യന്തം ദുഃഖിതനായി മഹാഭാഗനായ ദത്താത്രേയന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു.
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FAQs
When inner distress becomes acute, the tradition recommends not mere speculation but approaching a realized teacher. The king embodies the turn from worldly sovereignty to spiritual refuge.
This is part of an instructive narrative (ākhyāna/upadeśa) rather than a cosmological or genealogical register.
‘Paramārtimān’ signals the ripening of vairāgya. The movement toward Dattātreya symbolizes the soul’s movement from external control to inner mastery.