Agnipurana 160
English (machine translation) 160
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160.1
Puṣkara said: / I shall now declare the duty of forest hermits and ascetics; listen: / wearing matted hair, maintaining the sacred fire, sleeping on the ground, wearing an animal hide,
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dwelling in the forest, subsisting on milk, roots, wild rice, and fruits, / abstaining from accepting gifts, bathing three times a day, practicing celibacy,
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and worship of deities and guests—this is the duty of a forest dweller.
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[Apparatus]
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1 auṣadhādi in manuscript ka.
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2 yatīnāntu in manuscript ṅa. / [Page 143]
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Having seen the offspring of his offspring, a householder should indeed resort to the forest.
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[He should spend] the third part of his life alone or with his wife; / in summer, constantly practicing the five fires penance; in the rainy season, exposed to the rain from the clouds;
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in winter, wearing wet clothes; and a strong man should practice severe ascetic austerity. / Resolving upon never returning, he should go straight in whatever direction he chooses.
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Thus ends the one hundred and sixtieth chapter, entitled "The Stage of Life of the Forest Hermit," in the great Āgneya Purāṇa.
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Now begins the one hundred and sixty-first chapter.
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The duty of an ascetic.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit