Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
दृष्ट्वारिष्टं तथा योगी त्यक्त्वा मरणजं भयम् ।
तत्स्वभावं तदालोक्य काले यावत्युपागतम् ॥
dṛṣṭvā ariṣṭaṃ tathā yogī tyaktvā maraṇajaṃ bhayam / tatsvabhāvaṃ tad ālokya kāle yāvaty upāgatam
एवं अरिष्टं दृष्ट्वा, योगी मृत्युभयजं भयम् उत्सृज्य, तस्य स्वभावं परीक्षेत, कियत् स कालः उपसर्पित इति पश्येत्॥
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Fear of death is treated as an obstacle to clear seeing; the yogin replaces panic with inquiry—what is the sign’s nature, and what is the practical spiritual response now?
A teaching on mokṣa-sādhana within narrative instruction, outside the formal five-lakṣaṇa taxonomy.
‘Approach of time’ can denote the tightening of prāṇa and sensory withdrawal that precede transformation; the yogin uses these thresholds to enter deeper absorption.