Shloka 76
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
अलर्क उवाच
एवमीदृशकं वीर ! ममाप्यासीन् मनः पुरा ।
साम्प्रतं विपरीतार्थं शृणु चाप्यत्र कारणम् ॥
alarka uvāca evam īdṛśakaṃ vīra! mamāpy āsīn manaḥ purā / sāmprataṃ viparītārthaṃ śṛṇu cāpy atra kāraṇam
الارک نے کہا— “اے بہادر! میرا دل بھی پہلے ایسا ہی تھا۔ مگر اب اس کے برعکس نتیجہ سنو—اور اس کی وجہ بھی۔”
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FAQs
Alarka validates the worldly viewpoint as a stage he has outgrown; renunciation is presented as an informed reversal based on insight, not ignorance of duty.
Dharma-to-moksha teaching embedded in vaṃśānucarita narrative.
The ‘opposite conclusion’ marks the inner turning (parāvṛtti) from external conquest to conquest of the mind—an Upaniṣadic motif expressed through royal drama.