Shloka 69
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
दत्तात्रेय उवाच
गच्छ राजेन्द्र ! भद्रं ते यथा ते कथितं मया ।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारस्तथा चर विमुक्तये ॥
dattātreya uvāca gaccha rājendra! bhadraṃ te yathā te kathitaṃ mayā / nirmamo nirahaṅkāras tathā cara vimuktaye
दत्तात्रेय उवाच—गच्छ राजश्रेष्ठ; शुभं ते भवतु। मोक्षार्थं मया यथोपदिष्टं तथा एव वस—निर्ममः निरहङ्कारश्च।
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FAQs
Liberation is tied to inner renunciation: abandoning ‘I’ and ‘mine’ rather than merely changing external status. Even a king can move toward moksha by transforming the sense of ownership and ego.
Didactic dharma within vaṃśānucarita-style life narrative (a king’s conduct and transformation), not a cosmological limb (sarga/pratisarga/manvantara).
‘Nirmama’ and ‘nirahaṅkāra’ are practical markers of jñāna: when the appropriating self dissolves, bondage (saṃsāra) loses its support. The verse encodes a non-dual ethic in simple behavioral terms.