Shloka 65
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
अनर्थोऽप्यर्थतां याति पुरुषस्य शुभोदयॆ ।
यथेदमुपकाराय व्यसनं सङ्गमात्तव ॥
anartho ’py arthatāṃ yāti puruṣasya śubhodaye /
yathedam upakārāya vyasanaṃ saṅgamāt tava
यदा शुभो बोधः प्रादुर्भवति तदा विपत्तिरपि पुरुषस्य अर्थवती लाभरूपा भवति; यथा एषा दुर्दशा तव सङ्गमात् ममोपकारिणी जाता।
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FAQs
The value of events is shaped by one’s inner orientation. When one turns toward dharma and wisdom, even pain can serve as instruction and purification.
Moral-philosophical teaching embedded in a royal narrative; ancillary to the five-lakṣaṇa framework.
‘Śubhodaya’ can be read as the rise of sattva and viveka. With increased sattva, the same external event (vyasana) is transmuted into a means (upāya) for liberation.