Manava Dharmashastra 6.86

6.86

vedasya saṃnyāsaḥ tyāgaḥ | sa eṣāmastīti vedasaṃnyāsikāḥ | vedaśabdena yāgahomādeḥ karmaṇastyāga ucyate, na punarjapatyāgaḥ | ātmacintanaṃ tu vihitameva | kevalaṃ dhanasādhyāḥ śarīrakleśasādhyāśca tīrthayātrādaya upavāsādayaśca niṣidhyante | yāni tvātmaikasādhanasādhyāni sandhyājapādikarmāṇi teṣāmaniṣedhaḥ | tadetatsvasthāna eva darśayiṣyāmaḥ | ādyenārdhena pravrajyāśramopasaṃhāraḥ | uttareṇa vedasaṃnyāsikasya karmopadeśapratijñā|

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Those who have taken to the renouncing of the Veda are called ‘Veda-sanyāsika,’ ‘renouncers of the Veda.’ The term ‘veda’ indicates the renouncing of all such acts as the pouring of libations and the like, and not that of reciting Vedic texts; then again, as for meditation on the soul, this has been enjoined for these men also; so that what are forbidden Cor them are such acts as going on pilgrimages, keeping of fasts and so forth, all which require (for their accomplishment) wealth as well as bodily labour; and the prohibition does not apply to such acts as the twilight-prayer, repeating of mantras and the like, for which the man needs nothing besides himself. All this we shall explain at the proper place.

The first half of the verse sums up the section on Renunciation, and the second half introduces the duties of the ‘renouncer of the Veda.’—(86).