 | Book 12 Chapter 236
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | proktā gṛhasthavṛttis te vihitā yā manīṣiṇām
tadanantaram uktaṃ yat tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira
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| 2 | kramaśas tv avadhūyaināṃ tṛtīyāṃ vṛttim uttamām
saṃyogavratakhinnānāṃ vānaprasthāśramaukasām
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| 3 | śrūyatāṃ pārtha bhadraṃ te sarvalokāśrayātmanām
prekṣāpūrvaṃ pravṛttānāṃ puṇyadeśanivāsinām
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| 4 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 4 | gṛhasthas tu yadā paśyed valīpalitam ātmanaḥ
apatyasyaiva cāpatyaṃ vanam eva tadāśrayet
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| 5 | tṛtīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ vānaprasthāśrame vaset
tān evāgnīn paricared yajamāno divaukasaḥ
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| 6 | niyato niyatāhāraḥ ṣaṣṭhabhakto 'pramādavān
tad agnihotraṃ tā gāvo yajñāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 7 | akṛṣṭaṃ vai vrīhiyavaṃ nīvāraṃ vighasāni ca
havīṃṣi saṃprayaccheta makheṣv atrāpi pañcasu
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| 8 | vānaprasthāśrame 'py etāś catasro vṛttayaḥ smṛtāḥ
sadyaḥprakṣālakāḥ ke cit ke cin māsikasaṃcayāḥ
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| 9 | vārṣikaṃ saṃcayaṃ ke cit ke cid dvādaśavārṣikam
kurvanty atithipūjārthaṃ yajñatantrārthasiddhaye
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| 10 | abhrāvakāśā varṣāsu hemante jalasaṃśrayāḥ
grīṣme ca pañcatapasaḥ śaśvac ca mitabhojanāḥ
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| 11 | bhūmau viparivartante tiṣṭhed vā prapadair api
sthānāsanair vartayanti savaneṣv abhiṣiñcate
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| 12 | dantolūkhalinaḥ ke cid aśmakuṭṭās tathāpare
śuklapakṣe pibanty eke yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt
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| 13 | kṛṣṇapakṣe pibanty eke bhuñjate ca yathākramam
mūlair eke phalair eke puṣpair eke dṛḍhavratāḥ
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| 14 | vartayanti yathānyāyaṃ vaikhānasamataṃ śritāḥ
etāś cānyāś ca vividhā dīkṣās teṣāṃ manīṣiṇām
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| 15 | caturthaś caupaniṣado dharmaḥ sādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
vānaprastho gṛhasthaś ca tato 'nyaḥ saṃpravartate
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| 16 | asminn eva yuge tāta vipraiḥ sarvārthadarśibhiḥ
agastyaḥ sapta ṛṣayo madhucchando 'ghamarṣaṇaḥ
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| 17 | sāṃkṛtiḥ sudivā taṇḍir yavānno 'tha kṛtaśramaḥ
ahovīryas tathā kāvyas tāṇḍyo medhātithir budhaḥ
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| 18 | śalo vākaś ca nirvākaḥ śūnyapālaḥ kṛtaśramaḥ
evaṃdharmasu vidvāṃsas tataḥ svargam upāgaman
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| 19 | tāta pratyakṣadharmāṇas tathā yāyāvarā gaṇāḥ
ṛṣīṇām ugratapasāṃ dharmanaipuṇadarśinām
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| 20 | avācyāparimeyāś ca brāhmaṇā vanam āśritāḥ
vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ sikatāś ca tathāpare
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| 21 | karmabhis te nirānandā dharmanityā jitendriyāḥ
gatāḥ pratyakṣadharmāṇas te sarve vanam āśritāḥ
anakṣatrā anādhṛṣyā dṛśyante jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ
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| 22 | jarayā ca paridyūno vyādhinā ca prapīḍitaḥ
caturthe cāyuṣaḥ śeṣe vānaprasthāśramaṃ tyajet
sadyaskārāṃ nirūpyeṣṭiṃ sarvavedasadakṣiṇām
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| 23 | ātmayājī so 'tmaratir ātmakrīḍātmasaṃśrayaḥ
ātmany agnīn samāropya tyaktvā sarvaparigrahān
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| 24 | sadyaskrāṃś ca yajed yajñān iṣṭīś caiveha sarvadā
sadaiva yājināṃ yajñād ātmanījyā nivartate
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| 25 | trīṃś caivāgnīn yajet samyag ātmany evātmamokṣaṇāt
prāṇebhyo yajuṣā pañca ṣaṭ prāśnīyād akutsayan
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| 26 | keśalomanakhān vāpya vānaprastho munis tataḥ
āśramād āśramaṃ sadyaḥ pūto gacchati karmabhiḥ
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| 27 | abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo yo dattvā pravrajed dvijaḥ
lokās tejomayās tasya pretya cānantyam aśnute
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| 28 | suśīlavṛtto vyapanītakalmaṣo; na ceha nāmutra ca kartum īhate
aroṣamoho gatasaṃdhivigraho; bhaved udāsīnavad ātmavin naraḥ
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| 29 | yameṣu caivātmagateṣu na vyathet; svaśāstrasūtrāhutimantravikramaḥ
bhaved yatheṣṭā gatir ātmayājino; na saṃśayo dharmapare jītendriye
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| 30 | tataḥ paraṃ śreṣṭham atīva sadguṇair; adhiṣṭhitaṃ trīn adhivṛttam uttamam
caturtham uktaṃ paramāśramaṃ śṛṇu; prakīrtyamānaṃ paramaṃ parāyaṇam
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