Shloka 28
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
ब्रह्मन् ! कुरु प्रसादं मे शरणं शरणार्थिनाम् ।
दुःखापहारं कुरु मे दुःखार्तस्यातिकामिनः ॥
brahman! kuru prasādaṃ me śaraṇaṃ śaraṇārthinām /
duḥkhāpahāraṃ kuru me duḥkhārtasyātikāminaḥ //
ब्राह्मण! अनुग्रहं कुरु—शरणागतस्य शरणं भव। मम शोकं निवारय; दुःखपीडितोऽहं तस्मात् परं तर्तुम् अतिवाञ्छामि।
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FAQs
The verse models the inner posture of a seeker: acknowledging suffering, seeking competent refuge, and requesting guidance rather than merely worldly remedies.
Didactic dialogue; not a Pancalakṣaṇa classification unit.
‘Śaraṇa’ indicates surrender (prapatti) at the psychological level: the ego admits insufficiency and turns toward a higher principle embodied by the sage.