Shloka 17
Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
एतत् त्वत्सङ्गमाद् भू प ! मया कार्यं महत् कृतम् ।
स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि ज्ञानभाग्भव सत्तम ॥
etat tvat-saṅgamād bhūpa mayā kāryaṃ mahat kṛtam / svasti te 'stu gamiṣyāmi jñānabhāg bhava sattama //
त्वया सह सङ्गमेन, राजन्, महत् प्रयोजनं मया सिद्धम्। तव शुभं भूयात्; अहं गच्छामि। सत्यज्ञानभागी भव, नरश्रेष्ठ।
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FAQs
Satsaṅga (good association) is presented as transformative and purposeful. The closing blessing frames knowledge as the king’s proper gain from counsel—wisdom, not merely advantage.
Narrative-dialogue closure; not directly pancalakṣaṇa.
Association (saṅga) is treated as a causal force: proximity to dharmic speech awakens jñāna. The ‘great purpose’ hints that inner awakening outweighs external achievements.