Agniveshyagrihyasutra 2.7.11
Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 2.7.11
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2.7.11.1
athātaḥ saṃnyāsavidhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ \
Now, therefore, we shall explain the rule for renunciation.
2.7.11.2
udagayana āpūryamāṇapakṣe puṇye nakṣatre pūrvakālamupoṣya saṃbhārānupakalpayate \
During the northern course of the sun, in the waxing fortnight, under an auspicious constellation, having fasted beforehand, he prepares the equipment.
2.7.11.3
kāpāyavāsasī plakṣapavitrapādukāsanavaiṇavadaṇḍaśikyakamaṇḍalvalāvupātraṃ kuśabandhamityevamādisaṃbhārānupakalpayate \
He prepares equipment such as: two saffron garments, a strainer of plakṣa wood, wooden sandals, a seat, a bamboo staff, a sling, a water-pot, a bottle-gourd vessel, and a cord of kuśa grass.
2.7.11.4
agnimāropya vanād grāmaṃ praviśya keśaśmaśrūṇi vāpayitvā nadīṣu snāyāt śuddhe jalāśaye vā \
Having internalized the fire, entering the village from the forest, having had his head and beard shaved, he should bathe in rivers or in a pure reservoir of water.
2.7.11.5
apa ācamya nadītīre devagṛhe vā brāhmaṇānabhigamyākrodhano 'dveṣaṇaḥ sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyaset \
Having sipped water on a riverbank or in a temple, having approached Brahmins, free from anger and free from malice, he should renounce all ritual actions.
2.7.11.6
na veda saṃnyaset \
He should not renounce the Veda.
2.7.11.7
vedasaṃnyāsācchūdro bhavati \
From renouncing the Veda one becomes a Śūdra.
2.7.11.8
tasmād vedaṃ na saṃnyaset \
Therefore, he should not renounce the Veda.
2.7.11.9
brāhmaṇasannidhau mantramuktvāpaḥ pibet saṃnyastaṃ mayā iti \
In the presence of a Brahmin, having uttered the formula: 'Renounced by me,' he should drink water.
2.7.11.10
gṛhasthenopanītān vaiṇavāntān saṃbhārān parigṛhya savitṛmaṇḍalamudvīkṣamaāṇaḥ saṃnyastaṃ mayā iti trirucaiḥ prabrūyāt \
Having received the equipment ending with the bamboo staff brought by a householder, looking up at the orb of the sun, he should say aloud three times: 'Renounced by me.'
2.7.11.11
atha brāhmaṇaṃ nivītaṃ bahuyājinamabhigamya daṇḍāndātavā ityuktvā daṇḍān parigṛhya kṛtanāmānikṛto 'nujñāto yaterdharmān samyak paricaret nityaśikhī nityayajñopavītī nityasandhyopāsī nityaprātaḥsnāyī nityaṃ bhaikṣāśī nityaṃ yamaniyamayantravratopavāsī nityamīśraropāsī nityaṃ godevagṛhavāsī apagatabhayakāmakrodhalobhamohamadamātsaryaḥ iti \
Then, having approached a Brahmin who wears the sacred thread around the neck and has performed many sacrifices, having said: 'Staffs are to be given,' having taken the staffs, having had his name conferred [upon him], being permitted, he should properly practice the duties of an ascetic: always wearing a topknot, always wearing the sacred thread, always performing the twilight devotion, always bathing in the morning, always subsisting on alms, always observing restraints, observances, disciplines, vows, and fasts, always worshipping the Lord, always residing in cow-pens or temples, devoid of fear, desire, anger, greed, delusion, pride, and malice.
2.7.11.12
evamādidharmaṃ caritvā svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati \
Having practiced such duties, he will go to the world of heaven.
2.7.11.13
athavā brāhmaṇeṣu kṣīyamāṇeṣu pūrvavacchaucaṃ kṛtvā sarvakarmāṇi saṃnyasya praiṣaṇamapo 'śnāti \
Or, if Brahmins are declining, having performed purification as before, having renounced all ritual actions, he consumes the water of dispatch.
2.7.11.14
īśvaramevopāsya pūto bhavatītyāha bhagavānāgniveśyaḥ \\11\\
Having worshipped the Lord alone, he becomes purified—thus says the venerable Āgniveśya.
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