Manava Dharmashastra 6.35

6.35

apākaraṇaṃ ṛṇasaṃśuddhiḥ | mano mokṣe niveśayet | mokṣaśabdena pravrajyāśramo lakṣyate | tatra prādhānyena mokṣaikaphalatocyate | na tathā'nyeṣyāśrameṣu | ato ‘mokṣaḥ’ parivrajyā |
kāni punastāni trīṇi ṛṇānyata āha—

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Paying off’— Clearing off the debt.

‘One shall turn his mind towards Liberation’.—The term ‘liberation’ here indicates the stage of Renunciation; it is this stage that is spoken of as the principal path which leads to Liberation only; not so the other stages (which lead to other results also); hence ‘liberation’ means the Stage of Renunciation.—(35).