Shloka 5
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
संसिद्धिर्नियमै: सद्धिर्वनवासमुपागतै: । वानप्रस्थैरिदं कर्म कर्तव्यं शूणु यादूशम्,नियमोंका पालन करके सिद्ध हुए वनवासी साधु वानप्रस्थोंको यह कर्म करना चाहिये। कैसा कर्म? यह बताता हूँ, सुनो
saṁsiddhir niyamaiḥ sadhbhir vanavāsam upāgataiḥ | vānaprasthair idaṁ karma kartavyaṁ śṛṇu yādṛśam, niyamōṁkā pālana karake siddha hue vanavāsī sādhu vānaprasthoṁko yaha karma karanā cāhiye | kaisā karma? yaha batātā hūṁ, śuno |
قال شري مَهيشڤرا: «إنّ الكمال يُنال بالنُّظُم والرياضات التي يلتزم بها الأخيار الذين دخلوا سُكنى الغابة. فلذلك ينبغي للڤانَپْرَسْثا أن يؤدّوا هذا الواجب. اصغِ، فإني أُبيّن لك ما هو هذا الواجب.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual accomplishment (saṁsiddhi) is linked to disciplined observances (niyamas) practiced by the virtuous who have adopted forest-dwelling; hence vānaprasthas must follow a specific prescribed duty, which the speaker is about to detail.
Śrī Maheśvara addresses the audience and introduces an instruction: he states that disciplined forest-dwellers attain perfection and then announces that he will describe the particular practice/duty appropriate for vānaprasthas.