Shloka 20
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
आर्ति स परमां प्राप्य तत् सस्माराङ्गुलीयकम् ।
यदुद्दिश्य पुरा प्राह माता तस्य मदालसा ॥
ārtiṁ sa paramāṁ prāpya tat sasmārāṅgulīyakam | yad-uddiśya purā prāha mātā tasya madālasā ||
स तु परमदुःखं प्राप्य तदा मुद्रिकां स्मृतवान् । यां पुरा मातृमदालसा तस्मै प्रोवाच ॥
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FAQs
When worldly strategies fail, inherited wisdom (here, the mother’s counsel) becomes a refuge. The ring functions as a mnemonic device anchoring dharma and guidance.
Vaṁśānucarita: intergenerational transmission of instruction within a royal lineage narrative.
The ring (aṅgulīyaka) symbolizes an unbroken cycle/continuity of teaching; remembrance of it suggests awakening of latent saṁskāra (deep imprint) at the moment of need.