Shloka 37
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
योगिनां ज्ञानविदुषामन्येषां च महात्मनाम् ।
प्राप्ते तु काले पुरुषस्तद्विज्ञेयं विचक्षणैः ॥
yogināṃ jñānaviduṣām anyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām / prāpte tu kāle puruṣas tad vijñeyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ
काले प्राप्ते योगिनः ज्ञानिनो महात्मानश्चान्यान् प्रति पुरुषः अवमानं करोति; एतद् विवेकिना अन्तलक्षणं ज्ञेयम्।
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FAQs
The wise are a living standard of dharma and inner truth. Turning against them is portrayed as a terminal symptom of inner disorder; the teaching values viveka—discerning observers can read moral collapse as existential peril.
Ancillary ethical-psychological teaching; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Disrespect to yogins/jñānins symbolizes rejection of higher consciousness. ‘Time has come’ (kāla) implies karmic inevitability: when the inner compass flips, the soul is nearing a decisive transition.