Shloka 50
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
पिपीलिकाखु-नकुल-गृहगोधा-कपिञ्जलाः ।
वसन्ति स्वामिवद् गेहे ध्वस्ते यान्ति ततोऽन्यतः ॥
pipīlikākhu-nakula-gṛhagodhā-kapiñjalāḥ | vasanti svāmivad gehe dhvaste yānti tato 'nyataḥ ||
मुंग्या, उंदीर, मुंगूस, घरातील पाल आणि तितर घरात जणू मालकच असल्याप्रमाणे राहतात; घर उद्ध्वस्त झाले की ते दुसरीकडे जातात।
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FAQs
Creatures (and humans) easily develop a sense of ownership over temporary shelters. Wisdom is to recognize impermanence and not cling.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is moral-philosophical instruction supporting yoga (vairāgya).
The ‘house’ can be read as the body; beings that ‘inhabit’ it (habits, identifications) disperse at its fall. The yogin trains to dis-identify before that collapse.