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Vanaprasthashrama (वानप्रस्थाश्रमः) (view source)
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#Valakhilya
#Valakhilya
# Parivrajaka<ref name=":6" />
# Parivrajaka<ref name=":6" />
अथ वानप्रस्थः १८ अत एव ब्रह्मचर्यवान्प्रव्रजति १९ तस्योपदिशन्ति २० एकाग्निरनिकेतः स्यादशर्माशरणो मुनिः २१ स्वाध्याय एवोत्सृजमानो वाचम् २१
तस्यारण्यमाच्छादनं विहितम् १ ततो मूलैः फलैः पर्णैस्तृणैरिति वर्तयंश्चरेत् २ अन्ततः प्रवृत्तानि ३ ततोऽपो वायुमाकाशमित्यभिनिश्रयेत् ४ तेषामुत्तर उत्तरः संयोगः फलतो विशिष्टः ५
अथ वानप्रस्थस्यैवानुपूर्व्यमेक उपदिशन्ति ६ विद्यां समाप्य दारं कृत्वाग्नीनाधाय कर्माण्यारभते सोमावरार्ध्यानि यानि श्रूयन्ते ७ गृहान्कृत्वा सदारः सप्रजः सहाग्निभिर्बहिर्ग्रामाद्वसेत् ८ एको वा ९ शिलोञ्छेन वर्तयेत् १० न चात ऊर्ध्वं प्रतिगृह्णीयात् ११ अभिषिक्तश्च जुहुयात् १२ शनैरपोऽभ्यवेयादभिघ्नन्न् अभिमुखमादित्यमुदकमुपस्पृशेत् १३ इति सर्वत्रोदकोपस्पर्शनविधिः १४
तस्य द्वंद्वं द्र व्याणामेक उपदिशन्ति पाकार्थभोजनार्थवासिपरशुदात्रकाजानाम् १५ द्वंद्वानामेकैकमादायेतराणि दत्वारण्यमवतिष्ठेत १६ तस्यारण्येनैवात ऊर्ध्वं होमो वृत्तिः प्रतीक्षाच्छादनं च १७ येषु कर्मसु पुरोडाशाश्चरवस्तेषु कार्याः १८ सर्वं चोपांशु सह स्वाध्यायेन १९ नारण्यमभ्याश्रावयेत् २० अग्न्यर्थं शरणम् २१ आकाशे स्वयम् २२ अनुपस्तीर्णे शय्यासने २३ नवे सस्ये प्राप्ते पुराणमनुजानीयात् २४<ref>[https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD-%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF Apastambha Dharmasutra]</ref>
Next, the forest hermit. From the very state (ie. from the state of a novice student, not a permanent one), remaining chaste, he goes forth. With regard to him they admonish,
He should live as a silent sage with single fire, but without house, shelter, or protection. Let him speak only when he is engaged in the recitation of his Veda.
Clothes made of materials of the wild are prescribed for him. Thereafter, he should roam about, living on roots, fruits, leaves, and grasses. and finally on what happens to find lying about. After that he should sustain himself on water, air, and space. Among these, each subsequent pursuit is more exceptional (ie. distinguished) in terms of its reward.
Now, some teach an orderly sequence limited to the forest hermit. After completing his Vedic studies, a man should marry a wife, set up the sacred fires, and begin to perform the rites taught in the Vedas, at a minimum the Soma sacrifice. Then he should build a dwelling outside the village and live there either with his wife, children, and sacred fires or alone. Never accept gifts. Only after he has bathed should he offer oblations in the fire. He should enter the water slowly and bathe facing the Sun, without splashing. This procedure of bathing is applicable to all.
Some say he should prepare two sets of utensils for cooking and eating, as well as two sets of knives, axes, sickles, and mallets. He should give one (possibly to his wife who remains at home) of the two sets, take the other, and set out to the wilderness. From then on he should use only wild produce to offer fire sacrifices, to sustain himself to attend to guests and to clothe himself. He should use rice porridge in rites that call for cakes. And he should recite everything, including the recitation of his Veda, in an inaudible voice, never permitting wild animals to hear him. He should have a shelter only for his sacred fires, while he himself lives in the open, sitting and sleeping on bare ground. When he has obtained a new stock of grain, he should get rid of the old.<ref name=":6" />
This exact passage is also quoted in the Hiranyakeshi Shrauta Sutra (27.5.127-130)<ref>Hiranyakeshi Shrautasutra, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%AD Prashna 27]</ref>
== Bhagavata Purana==
== Bhagavata Purana==