sarva-bhūteṣv adhokṣajam
sarva-bhūteṣv adhokṣajam
bhūtaiḥ sva-dhāmabhiḥ paśyed
apraviṣṭaṁ praviṣṭavat
One should see the Supreme Lord along with jīvas under his shelter in the fire, in the guru, in one's self and in all living entities, who enters as the controller, though he also remains outside.
One should see the Lord along with jīvas who have taken shelter of him in the fire, guru etc. The Lord enters as the controller.
|| 7.12.16 ||
evaṁ vidho brahmacārī
vānaprastho yatir gṛhī
caran vidita-vijñānaḥ
paraṁ brahmādhigacchati
By practicing in this way, whether one be in the brahmacārī-āśrama, gṛhastha-āśrama, vānaprastha-āśrama or sannyāsa-āśrama, attaining realization, attains the supreme Brahman.
|| 7.12.17 ||
vānaprasthasya vakṣyāmi
niyamān muni-sammatān
yān āsthāya munir gacched
ṛṣi-lokam uhāñjasā
O King! I shall now describe the rules for a vānaprastha, approved by the sages, by following which a sage can easily be elevated to Maharloka.
|| 7.12.18 ||
na kṛṣṭa-pacyam aśnīyād
akṛṣṭaṁ cāpy akālataḥ
agni-pakvam athāmaṁ vā
arka-pakvam utāharet
A person in vānaprastha life should not eat grains grown by tilling of the fields. He should also not eat grains that have grown without tilling of the field but are not fully ripe. Nor should he eat grains cooked by fire. Indeed, he should eat only fruit ripened by the sunshine.
Akālataḥ means unripe.
|| 7.12.19 ||
vanyaiś caru-puroḍāśān
nirvapet kāla-coditān
labdhe nave nave 'nnādye
purāṇaṁ ca parityajet
A vānaprastha should offer cakes and caru from what is grown at that time in the forest. When he obtains some new grains, he should give up his old stock of grains.
He should offer (nirvapet) cakes made of wild rice or other items from the forest (vanyaiḥ), provided at that time.
|| 7.12.20 ||
agny-artham eva śaraṇam
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