Shloka 17
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
नग्नं क्षपणकं स्वप्ने हसमानाṃ महाबलम् ।
एकं संविक्ष्य वल्गन्तं विद्याद्मृत्युमुपस्थितम् ॥
nagnaṃ kṣapaṇakaṃ svapne hasamānaṃ mahābalam / ekaṃ saṃvīkṣya valgantaṃ vidyānmṛtyumupasthitam
Nếu trong mộng, người ta thấy một kṣapaṇaka (ẩn sĩ lõa thể) đang cười—mạnh mẽ và đơn độc—nhảy nhót khắp nơi, thì nên biết rằng cái chết đã đến (ở gần).
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FAQs
The startling dream-image is meant to break complacency: worldly coverings fall away, and the ‘alone’ condition hints that one meets death individually—therefore cultivate inner readiness.
Ancillary didactic material on nimittas; not a Pancalakṣaṇa classification.
The naked ascetic can symbolize the stripping of ego and social identity at death; laughter and leaping signify the mind’s uncanny, destabilizing encounter with the threshold between embodied order and dissolution.