Shloka 59

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागो ब्रह्मचर्यममानिता जितेन्द्रियत्वमावासे नैकस्मिन् वसतिश्चिरम्

Transliteration

sarvasaṅgaparityāgo brahmacaryamamānitā jitendriyatvamāvāse naikasmin vasatiściram

Translation

Das Aufgeben aller Bindungen, die Übung des Brahmacarya (heiliges Zölibat), Demut (kein Verlangen nach Ehre) und die Bezwingung der Sinne; und hinsichtlich des Wohnens: nicht lange an einem einzigen Ort verweilen—dies sind die Kennzeichen der Disziplin des Waldbewohners.

Word by Word

• सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागः: renunciation of all attachments
• सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + सङ्ग + परित्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां सङ्गानां परित्यागः)

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: celibacy; brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• अमानिता: humility; absence of pride
• अमानिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमानिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियत्वम्: sense-control (state of having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियत्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य/येन तत्) + त्व-प्रत्यय (भाववाचक)

• आवासे: in dwelling/residence
• आवासे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वसतिः: staying; residence
• वसतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चिरम्: for long; long time
• चिरम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; likely within the standard Purāṇic instruction layer (Pulastya → Nārada uncertain).

Key Themes

• Varnashrama-Dharma
• Vānaprastha
• Vairagya (non-attachment)
• Brahmacarya
• Amānitā (humility)
• Indriya-nigraha (sense-control)
• Non-settled living

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Renunciation is defined primarily as inner freedom: cutting attachment, restraining senses, and dissolving ego-claims to honor. Physical mobility (not residing long in one place) supports non-possessiveness and reduces re-entanglement.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with the prior verses, it is best categorized as ācāra/dharma instruction within Purāṇic literature—supplementary to the pañcalakṣaṇa core, yet a common and authoritative Purāṇic function.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Not staying long in one place’ symbolizes refusal to convert a temporary support into identity; humility (amānitā) counters subtle spiritual pride; sense-mastery indicates the true ‘forest’ is the inner terrain where impulses are tamed.