Adhyaya 44 — Subahu’s Counsel to the King of Kashi and Alarka’s Renunciation through Yoga
तत्रात्मजं समासाद्य हित्वा बन्धं गुणादिकम् ।
प्राप सिद्धिं परां प्राज्ञस्तत्कालोपात्तसंमतिः ॥
tatrātmajaṃ samāsādya hitvā bandhaṃ guṇādikam /
prāpa siddhiṃ parāṃ prājñas tat-kāla-upātta-saṃmatiḥ
“Tại đó, gặp lại con trai mình, và từ bỏ mọi ràng buộc bắt đầu từ các guṇa, bậc hiền trí ấy đạt thành tựu tối thượng—do niềm xác tín khởi lên đúng thời.”
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Liberation is framed as freedom from guṇa-based conditioning (not merely external renunciation). The ‘proper time’ motif underscores ripeness (adhikāra): insight bears fruit when inner readiness is complete.
A mokṣa-oriented teaching episode within narrative; peripheral to the five-lakṣaṇa historical/cosmic catalog, but consistent with Purāṇic dharma-upadeśa.
Meeting the son ‘there’ can symbolize reunion of jīva with its own clarified intelligence; abandoning ‘guṇādikam’ indicates crossing prakṛti itself—classically the threshold for kaivalya/brahma-sākṣātkāra.