Kurmapurana 3.p3

Kūrmapurāṇa 3.p3

Language: Sanskrit

3.p3

varṇā bhagavatoddiṣṭāścatvāro'pyāśramāstathā | idānīṃ kramamasmākamāśramāṇāṃ vada prabho || kūrma uvāca | brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā | krameṇaivāśramāḥ proktāḥ kāraṇādanyathā bhavet || utpannajñānavijñāno vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | prabrajedbrahmacaryāttu† yadīcchetparamāṃ gatim || dārānāhṛtya vidhivadanyathā vividhairmakhaiḥ | yajedutpādayetputrān virakto yadi saṃnyaset || aniṣṭvā vidhivadyajñairanutpādya tathātmajān | na gārhasthyaṃ gṛhī tyaktā‡ saṃnyasedbuddhimān dvijaḥ || atha vairāgyavegena sthātuṃ notsahate gṛhe | tatraiva saṃnyasedvidvānaniṣṭvāpi dvijottamaḥ

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Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit