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Vanaprasthashrama (वानप्रस्थाश्रमः) (view source)
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Vasishta recommends the transformation of a fire-keeping forest hermit into one without fire after six months of forest stay. In Manu (6.25) also we can see this transformation. However, we do not see Vasishta describing the procedure for throwing away the body (c.f. Manu 6.31-32)<ref name=":6" />
Vasishta recommends the transformation of a fire-keeping forest hermit into one without fire after six months of forest stay. In Manu (6.25) also we can see this transformation. However, we do not see Vasishta describing the procedure for throwing away the body (c.f. Manu 6.31-32)<ref name=":6" />
== Example from the Itihasa ==
Shveta's Penance in the Ramayana is an instance if Vanaprastha by a kshatriya, from Grhasthashrama, after deep thought about life.
Shveta was the elder son of a king in Vidarbha. After his father's death, he duly ascended to the throne. He ruled for a thousand years and one day he came to know the extent of his life (3.69,3-7) Then, (3.69.7-10)<ref name=":6" />
कालधर्मं हृदि न्यस्य ततो वनमुपागमम् ।। ७.७८.७ ।।
सो ऽहं वनमिदं दुर्गं मृगपक्षिविवर्जितम् । तपश्चर्तुं प्रविष्टो ऽस्मि समीपे सरसः शुभे ।। ७.७८.८ ।।
भ्रातरं सुरथं राज्ये ह्यभिषिच्य महीपतिम् । इदं सरः समासाद्य तपस्तप्तं मया चिरम् ।। ७.७८.९ ।।
सो ऽहं वर्षसहस्राणि तपस्त्रीणि महावने । तप्त्वा सुदुष्करं प्राप्तो ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम् ।। ७.७८.१० ।।<ref>Ramayana, Uttarakanda, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AE Sarga 78]</ref>
Keeping in mind the nature of time, came from there to the forest. That one, I, entered this auspicious forest, hard to enter and devoid of beasts and birds, in the vicinity of the lake, to king, I came near this lake and practised three types of austerities for several thousand years; having (thus) practised the austerities I earned the unparalleled world of Brahman, which is hard to obtain.<ref name=":6" />
==Vanaprastha for Women==
==Vanaprastha for Women==