Shloka 13
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
पितोवाच दत्तात्रेयः सुतः कस्य कथं वा योगमुक्तवान् । कश्चालर्को महाभागो यो यौगं परिपृष्टवान् ॥
pitovāca dattātreyaḥ sutaḥ kasya kathaṃ vā yogamuktavān / kaścālarko mahābhāgo yo yaugaṃ paripṛṣṭavān
باپ نے کہا— دتاتریہ کس کے فرزند تھے، اور انہوں نے یوگ کے ذریعے موکش کیسے پایا؟ اور یوگ کے بارے میں پوچھنے والا وہ سعادت مند الارک کون تھا؟
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śravaṇa and praśna (hearing and disciplined questioning) as gateways to yogic knowledge; lineage (kasya sutaḥ) is asked not for mere genealogy, but to situate authority and context for the teaching.
Primarily falls under vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita (lineage and exemplary lives), used as a narrative frame to introduce yogic instruction; it is not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara.
Alarka’s inquiry represents the aspirant’s readiness; Dattātreya symbolizes the guru-principle whose ‘birth’ points to the source of wisdom, while ‘yogamukti’ signals the text’s concern with inner emancipation beyond social identity.