Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.39

Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c5.s2.t6.39

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c5.s2.t6.39

That this grand compromise did not end the inherent conflict between societal religion and renunciatory values is exemplified in the following delightful dialogue between a father, the prudent guardian of the old world, and a son, the embodiment of a restless age, recorded in the *Mahābhārata* (12.169):

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit