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| Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Ṭhakura |
শ্রী গৌड़िয-কন্ঠহার
Gaudiya Kanṭhahāra:
The Jeweled Necklace of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas
15th Jewel
The Jeweled Necklace of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas
15th Jewel
ĀŚRAMA-DHARMA-TATTVA
The Ontology of Life-Stages, Āśramas
Being a compendium of quotations from revealed scriptures
concerning the truths about the cult of Chaitanya Mahāprabhu
Compiled under the authority and direction of
His Divine Grace
Bhaktisiddhānta Sāraswāti Goswāmī
Prabhupada
Translated and edited, with original Sanskrit and Bengali and Roman transliteration by
B. V. Mahāyogi, Michael Dolan
Being a compendium of quotations from revealed scriptures
concerning the truths about the cult of Chaitanya Mahāprabhu
Compiled under the authority and direction of
His Divine Grace
Bhaktisiddhānta Sāraswāti Goswāmī
Prabhupada
Translated and edited, with original Sanskrit and Bengali and Roman transliteration by
B. V. Mahāyogi, Michael Dolan
Every Soul is in One of the Four Aśrāmas
१५.१
स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यो ब्रह्मचर्यं इसमाप्य
गृही भवेत् गृही भूत्वा वनी बवेत्.
वनी भुत्वा प्रव्रजेत्.
यदिऽ वेतरथा ब्रह्मचर्यादेव प्रव्रजेद्- गृहाद् वावनाद् वा.
अथ पुनर व्रती वा व्रत् वास्नातको वा स्नातको वा उत्सन्नाग्निर् अनग्निको वा
यदहरेव विरजेत् तदहरेव प्रव्रजेत्
15.1
sa hovāca yājñavalkyo brahmacaryaṁ isamāpya
gṛhī bhavet gṛhī bhūtvā vanī bavet.
vanī bhutvā pravrajet.
yadi' vetarathā brahmacaryādeva pravrajed- gṛhād vāvanād vā.
atha punara vratī vā vrat vāsnātako vā snātako vā utsannāgnir anagniko vā
yadahareva virajet tadahareva pravrajet
[Janaka, the sage amongst kings, asked Yājñavalkya, the sage among ṛṣīs,] "O great souled sage, please instruct me on the qualifications of sannyāsa and the rules and regulations for following that āśrama]. Yājñavalkya said, "Upon completing one's life as a brahmacārī, one should accept the gṛhastha-āśrama. Having completed one's life as a gṇhastha, one should accept the āśrama of vānaprastha. After living for some time as a detached vānaprastha, one should accept the sannyāsa āśrama.
Of course, if renunciation awakens in a person earlier in his life, he may take
sannyāsa directly from the brahmacārī āśrama, or even from the gṛhastha āśrama, without having to first pass though all the āśramas and become a vānaprastha.
In any āśrama, when one becomes anxious to renounce material enjoyment and render exclusive service to the Lord in divine love, then, whether he has completed the religious practices that should be performed in the āśrama or not, whether he has completed his Vedic study or not, and whether he has performed the fire sacrifice or not: as soon as that powerful tendency to renounce material enjoyment and serve the Lord awakens in his heart that very day let him give up his family. That very day let him accept the life of a wandering mendicant and go away as a sannyāsī. (Jābālopaniṣad 4.1)
१५.१
स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यो ब्रह्मचर्यं इसमाप्य
गृही भवेत् गृही भूत्वा वनी बवेत्.
वनी भुत्वा प्रव्रजेत्.
यदिऽ वेतरथा ब्रह्मचर्यादेव प्रव्रजेद्- गृहाद् वावनाद् वा.
अथ पुनर व्रती वा व्रत् वास्नातको वा स्नातको वा उत्सन्नाग्निर् अनग्निको वा
यदहरेव विरजेत् तदहरेव प्रव्रजेत्
15.1
स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यो ब्रह्मचर्यं इसमाप्य
गृही भवेत् गृही भूत्वा वनी बवेत्.
वनी भुत्वा प्रव्रजेत्.
यदिऽ वेतरथा ब्रह्मचर्यादेव प्रव्रजेद्- गृहाद् वावनाद् वा.
अथ पुनर व्रती वा व्रत् वास्नातको वा स्नातको वा उत्सन्नाग्निर् अनग्निको वा
यदहरेव विरजेत् तदहरेव प्रव्रजेत्
15.1
sa hovāca yājñavalkyo brahmacaryaṁ isamāpya
gṛhī bhavet gṛhī bhūtvā vanī bavet.
vanī bhutvā pravrajet.
gṛhī bhavet gṛhī bhūtvā vanī bavet.
vanī bhutvā pravrajet.
yadi' vetarathā brahmacaryādeva pravrajed- gṛhād vāvanād vā.
atha punara vratī vā vrat vāsnātako vā snātako vā utsannāgnir anagniko vā
yadahareva virajet tadahareva pravrajet
[Janaka, the sage amongst kings, asked Yājñavalkya, the sage among ṛṣīs,] "O great souled sage, please instruct me on the qualifications of sannyāsa and the rules and regulations for following that āśrama]. Yājñavalkya said, "Upon completing one's life as a brahmacārī, one should accept the gṛhastha-āśrama. Having completed one's life as a gṇhastha, one should accept the āśrama of vānaprastha. After living for some time as a detached vānaprastha, one should accept the sannyāsa āśrama.
Of course, if renunciation awakens in a person earlier in his life, he may take
sannyāsa directly from the brahmacārī āśrama, or even from the gṛhastha āśrama, without having to first pass though all the āśramas and become a vānaprastha.
In any āśrama, when one becomes anxious to renounce material enjoyment and render exclusive service to the Lord in divine love, then, whether he has completed the religious practices that should be performed in the āśrama or not, whether he has completed his Vedic study or not, and whether he has performed the fire sacrifice or not: as soon as that powerful tendency to renounce material enjoyment and serve the Lord awakens in his heart that very day let him give up his family. That very day let him accept the life of a wandering mendicant and go away as a sannyāsī. (Jābālopaniṣad 4.1)
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