Manava Dharmashastra 12.3.8

12.3.8

85 || eṣadviti | eṣo'nantarokkoyetātmanāṃsaṃbaṃdhī dharmoyuṣmākamuktaidānīṃvedoditāgnihotrādikarmaparityāgināmetānaikamehāyajñānityādiprakāreṇa jñānabalādaṃgnihotrādi karma saṃpādinākarmabandhaṃśṛṇuta |'na cāgnihotrādīnāṃśruticoditānāṃsmṛtyā kathaṃtyāgaitivācyaṃ ātmajñānaniṣṭhaṃprati yāvadvaipuruṣobhāṣataityādi catuthīdhyāyādarśitaśrutiprakāriṇāsyāpyanuṣṭhānasya śrautatvādyadyapi gṛhasthaviśeṣaeva vedasaṃnyāsikastathāpi pravrajyāvaikalpikatvaṃsaṃnyāsiksya jñāpayituṃpravrajitadharmasamanantaraṃ abhidhānamevaṃca gṛhasthavedatvena vedasaṃnyāsiksya cāturāśramyāntarbhāvādāśramāṇāṃcatuskhidisamuccayavikalpabādhāpakṣān darśayituṃ tāvadiṣṭamāha | 86 || brahmacārīti | yaete brahmacaryādayaāśraminaḥ pṛthaguktāete gṛhasthajanyāḥ evaṃśca gṛhasthavyatiriktāśramibhiḥ śāstravyatikraṃ tānāṃnāstihastacaryādyāśramādhikāraḥ | 87 || sarvepīti | sarvepi catvāropyapi śabdānnayodbhāvekaeva hyuktaśāstrānatikrameṇānuṣṭhituḥ santoyathoktānuṣṭhātāraṃ vipraṃbrahmaprāptilakṣaṇaṃgatiṃ prāpayanti | samuccayavikalpapakṣāṇāṃ brahmacaryātsikta ityādiśrutimūlaṃdarśitam | bādhāpakṣepi jarāmayaṃvā etatsatraṃyadagnihotraṃjuhoti yaddarśapūrṇamāsāmyāṃyajataityādi śrutimūlatvaṃ evaṃ ca samuccayavikalpabādhāpakṣāṇāṃsarveṣāṃśrutimūlatvāyathārucyanyatamapakṣānuṣṭhānaṃnaiṣṭhikatvasyāpi śrutimūlatvaṃdarśitam | evaṃśca yatkaiścinnaiṣṭhikatvādīnāmnātaṃtvādgārhasthyena śrautena bādhogārhasthyebhyanadhikṛtaṃ andhādiviṣayatācetyuktaṃtadasat sarveṣāṃpratyakṣaśrutimūlatvasya darśitatvāt |