Shloka 75
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
तं जित्वा नृपतिर्भोगान् यथाभिलषितान् वरान् ।
भुञ्जीत परमं सिद्ध्यै यजेत च महामखैः ॥
taṃ jitvā nṛpatir bhogān yathābhilaṣitān varān / bhuñjīta paramaṃ siddhyai yajeta ca mahāmakhaiḥ
اسے فتح کر کے بادشاہ کو اعلیٰ ترین حصول کے لیے اپنی خواہش کے مطابق عمدہ لذتیں برتنی چاہئیں؛ اور بڑے بڑے یَجْن بھی انجام دینے چاہئیں۔
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FAQs
This states the classical householder/royal ideal: victory enables legitimate enjoyment and ritual patronage; it contrasts with Alarka’s nivṛtti trajectory, setting up the debate between worldly merit and liberation.
Dharma and ritual orientation within a royal lineage narrative (vaṃśānucarita).
The verse encapsulates the ‘karmic economy’—power → enjoyment → sacrifice → merit/siddhi—against which the moksha-teaching will argue that all such cycles remain within saṃsāra.