cin-mātram avaśeṣitam
cin-mātram avaśeṣitam
jñātvādvayo 'tha viramed
dagdha-yonir ivānalaḥ
Understanding the ātmā, which is pure consciousness and which remains after merging all the elements, to be indestructible and beyond material duality, he gives up material existence, like fire whose wood has been burned away.
Thus ends the commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Seventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Thirteen
The Conduct of the Sannyāsī
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śrī-nārada uvāca
kalpas tv evaṁ parivrajya
deha-mātrāvaśeṣitaḥ
grāmaika-rātra-vidhinā
nirapekṣaś caren mahīm
Nārada said: A competent person should leave the house with complete detachment and, just keeping his body alive, should travel all over the world, passing only one night in each village,
The Thirteenth Chapter describes the conduct of the sannyāsī through a conversation of Prahlāda with a renounced person. If, having meditated in this way, a person is incapable of jñāna-yoga, he should then fast. (SB 7.12.23) If he meditates in this way but is capable of jñāna-yoga, then he should renounce and wander the earth. This is the meaning. Now three verses speak of the conduct of the sannyāsī.
|| 7.13.2 ||
bibhṛyād yady asau vāsaḥ
kaupīnācchādanaṁ param
tyaktaṁ na liṅgād daṇḍāder
anyat kiñcid anāpadi
If he wears clothing, he should wear only a loincloth and outer covering. When there is no emergency situation, he should not accept material things he has already given up, but should accept the signs of renunciation like the staff.
He should not accept what is given up (tyaktam), things associated with material people, other than the marks of the sannyāsī like the staff. If there is some emergency he can wear what was given up (normal clothing) in order to protect the body.
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