Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.7.10
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.7.10
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2.7.10.1
ata ūrdhvaṃ vānaprasthavidhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
From here on, we shall explain the rule for the forest-dweller.
2.7.10.2
anavadyaṃ gṛhadharmaṃ caritvā yajñān yajati \
Having lived the blameless life of a householder, he performs sacrifices.
2.7.10.3
putramutpādya saṃskṛtya vedamadhyāpya vṛttiṃ vidhāya guṇavati putre kuḍumbabhāraṃ niyojya uttarāyaṇe pūrvapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre kuśacīracarmavalkalavāsā jaṭī kṛṣṇājinottarīyaḥ kṛtaprasthānaliṅgo 'gnimātmasamāropaṇaṃ kṛtvā sapatnīko vāpyapatnīko vā vanamāśrayet \
Having produced a son, having performed the sacraments for him, having taught him the Veda, having provided him a livelihood, and having entrusted the household burden to the virtuous son, during the northern course of the sun, in the bright fortnight, under an auspicious constellation, wearing garments of kuśa grass, rags, hides, or bark, matted-haired, having a black antelope skin as an upper garment, having assumed the marks of departure, having caused the fire to be internalized within himself, accompanied by his wife or without his wife, he should resort to the forest.
2.7.10.4
śramaṇamagnimādhāya veṇuśyāmākanīvārādibhirāraṇyamūlaphalairoṣadhībhiḥ sāyaṃprātaragniṃ paricaret \
Having established the fire of an ascetic, he should tend the fire evening and morning with bamboo-grains, śyāmāka, nīvāra, and the like, with forest roots and fruits, and with herbs.
2.7.10.5
phālākṛṣṭābhiḥ devabrāhmaṇapitṛbhūtamanuṣyayajñānaharaharhutvāraṇyorvā kāle śaktitaḥ śarīraṃ pariśoṣayed yamaniyamamantropavāsādibhiḥ \
With [grains] not ploughed by a ploughshare, having offered day after day the sacrifices to the gods, Brahmins, ancestors, beings, and men, or [having gathered fire] from the two kindling sticks, he should dry up his body in due time according to his capacity, through restraints, observances, mantras, fasts, and the like.
2.7.10.6
jīrṇaparṇāhāraḥ dantolūkhalikaḥ śailakuṭṭo ye kāla āgaccheyustebhyo 'pi dadyāt \
Subsisting on withered leaves, using his teeth as a mortar, grinding with a stone, he should give even to those who may arrive at that time.
2.7.10.7
sthaṇḍilaśāyī ūrdhvaretāḥ atithipriyaḥ amatsarī vivādapaiśunyamṛṣāvādavajīṃ sadāśuciḥ grāmasya chadiṃ na darśedaraṇyavāsagniyo 'bhayadāyī sarvabhūtānāṃ parairabhimṛṣṭānyāśramāntarahitāni nābhyavaharedekāgniparāyaṇaḥ apramādī sabījāṃ proṣitāṃ bhūmiṃ nākramet \
Sleeping on the bare ground, chaste, fond of guests, free from envy, avoiding dispute, slander, and false speech, ever pure, he should not look upon the roof of a village, a lover of forest-dwelling, granting security to all beings; he should not consume [foods] touched by others or devoid of [preparation in] a hermitage; devoted to a single fire, vigilant, he should not tread upon sown ground or distant land.
2.7.10.8
tapodhikāya yajñādhikāya vayodhikāya phalodakaṃ dadyāt \
He should give fruit and water to one superior in asceticism, superior in sacrifice, or superior in age.
2.7.10.9
evaṃ mṛgaiḥ saha caritvāparispandyasahavāsī svakālaṃ vyapohya svargalokaṃ gamiṣyatīti \
In this manner, having lived together with wild beasts, residing quietly [with them], having passed his own lifespan, he will go to the world of heaven.
2.7.10.10
athavā tṛtīyamāyurbhāgaṃ vānaprasthavrataṃ caritvā caturthamāyurbhāgaṃ parivrajedvā \\10\\
Or, having observed the forest-dweller's vow for the third portion of his life, he may wander as a renunciant during the fourth portion of his life.
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