Shloka 82
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
सोऽहं न तेऽरिर्न ममासि शत्रुः सुबाहुरेषो न ममापकारी ।
दृष्टं मया सर्वमिदं यथात्मा अन्विष्यतां भूप ! रिपुस्त्वयान्यः ॥
so 'haṃ na te 'rir na mamāsi śatruḥ subāhur eṣo na mamāpakārī |
dṛṣṭaṃ mayā sarvam idaṃ yathātmā anviṣyatāṃ bhūpa ripus tvayānyaḥ ||
நான் உன் பகைவன் அல்ல; நீயும் என் விரோதி அல்ல. இந்த சுபாஹுவும் எனக்கு குற்றவாளி அல்ல. இவை அனைத்தையும் ஆத்மாவாகவே நான் கண்டேன். அரசே, தேடு—பகைவன் வேறு (நீ நினைப்பதல்ல).
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FAQs
Hostility is often misdirected; the true adversary is ignorance and the passions that arise from it. The verse models peacemaking grounded in self-knowledge rather than mere diplomacy.
Ethical-philosophical counsel within narrative (dharma/upadeśa), not a direct statement of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
Seeing ‘all as the Self’ (yathātmā) collapses the subject–object split that generates ‘enemy.’ The instruction ‘seek the enemy elsewhere’ points inward to the ego-sense and its projections.