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Shloka 54

Adhyaya 43Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship

रुरुशावविषाणाग्रमालक्ष्य तिलकाकृतिम् ।

सह तेन विवर्धन्तं योगी सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् ॥

ruruśāvaviṣāṇāgram ālakṣya tilakākṛtim | saha tena vivardhantaṃ yogī siddhim avāpnuyāt ||

نوجوان رُرو ہرن کے سینگ کی نوک تلک کے نشان جیسی ہوتی ہے اور وہ اسی کے ساتھ بڑھتی جاتی ہے—اسے دیکھ کر تدریجی افزائش کا راز سمجھ کر یوگی کمال پاتا ہے۔

ruru-śāva-viṣāṇa-agra-mālakṣyahaving noticed the horn-tip of a young ruru-deer
ruru-śāva-viṣāṇa-agra-mālakṣya:
Hetu (हेतु/Causal circumstance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootruru + śāva + viṣāṇa + agra (प्रातिपदिक) + ā + lakṣ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय) of ā-lakṣ 'to notice', used as avyaya; compound qualifier: 'the tip (agra) of the horn (viṣāṇa) of a young ruru-deer (ruruśāva)'
tilaka-ākṛtima tilaka-like shape
tilaka-ākṛtim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottilaka + ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्म (object of ālakṣya)
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakari (सहकारी/Accompaniment)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormPrepositional indeclinable (सह), 'together with' (takes Instrumental)
tenawith that/with him
tena:
Sahakari (सहकारी/Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun
vivardhantamgrowing/increasing
vivardhantam:
Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi + vṛdh (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifies implied object (e.g., 'that sign/that form')
yogīa yogin
yogī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyogin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
siddhimsuccess/perfection (siddhi)
siddhim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
avāpnuyātwould attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootava + āp (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular
Didactic narrator

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GradualismSeed-to-growth metaphorAbhyāsaPatience in practice

FAQs

Great capacities begin as barely visible beginnings. The yogin respects small starts and persists until full maturation.

Didactic yoga teaching; not one of the five purāṇic characteristics.

The ‘sesame-like’ horn-tip hints at bindu (a tiny point). From bindu, expansion occurs—mirroring inner unfolding from subtle concentration to expansive realization.