Shloka 20
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
करालैर्विकटैः कृष्णैः पुरुषैरुद्यतायुधैः ।
पाषाणैस्ताडितः स्वप्ने सद्यो मृत्युं लभेन्नरः ॥
karālairvikaṭaiḥ kṛṣṇaiḥ puruṣairudyatāyudhaiḥ / pāṣāṇaistāḍitaḥ svapne sadyo mṛtyuṃ labhennaraḥ
यदि स्वप्ने पुरुषः भीषणैः विकृतैः कृष्णैः पुरुषैः आयुधोद्धृतहस्तैः पाषाणैः आहतः पश्यति, स सद्य एव मृत्युम् आप्नोति।
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FAQs
Fearsome dream-aggression is treated as a karmic warning; the implied counsel is to turn to dharma—confession of wrongs, gifts, and spiritual focus—rather than denial.
Supplementary dharma/ariṣṭa teaching, not a core pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.
The ‘armed dark figures’ can symbolize inner forces (vāsanās) turning hostile; stoning evokes the crushing weight of accumulated karma ripening.