Shloka 23
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
दीपगन्धं न यो वेत्ति त्रस्यत्यह्नि तथा निशि ।
नात्मानं परनेत्रस्थं वीक्षते न स जीवति ॥
dīpagandhaṃ na yo vetti trasyatyahni tathā niśi / nātmānaṃ paranetrasthaṃ vīkṣate na sa jīvati
यः दीपस्य गन्धं (तैलधूमयोः) न वेत्ति, यो दिवा निशि च भीतः, यश्च स्वात्मानं परनेत्रस्थितमिव न पश्यति—स न जीवति।
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FAQs
Loss of ordinary perception and pervasive fear are treated as grave warnings; the counsel implied is grounding the mind in dharma and seeking refuge in higher remembrance.
Ancillary omen-knowledge; not a direct expression of the five defining Purāṇic topics.
Not sensing the lamp’s smell suggests pratyāhāra-like withdrawal or failing senses; ‘seeing oneself in another’s eyes’ points to dissociation/other-worldly perception—signs of the jīva preparing to depart the body.