History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.124

v7.c94.124

²²⁷⁶ एतमेव विदित्वा मुनिर्भवति । एतमेव प्रव्राजिनो लोकमिच्छन्तः प्रव्रजन्ति। बृह. उप. IV. 4. 22; vide कठ. IV. 15 ' यथोदकं...एवं मुनेर्विजानत आत्मा भवति गौतम ।।' The कौषीतकि-उप II. 15 has परि वा व्रजेत्. The word परिव्राजक, however, does not occur in the other Upaniṣads In पाणिनि's day परिव्राजक was well-known as the sūtra 'मस्कर-मस्करिणौ वेणुपरिव्राजकयोः' VI. 1. 154 shows which states that मस्कर means bamboo (staff) and मस्करिन् means परिव्राजक. The महाभाष्य comments that मस्करिन् is not so called because he carries a bamboo staff but because he advises people not to do actions for securing desired objects and that for people quiescence is better 'मा कुरुत कर्माणि मा कुरुत कर्माणि शान्तिर्वः श्रेयसीत्याहातो मस्करी परिव्राजकः '