Shloka 16
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
विमुक्ता दारसंयोगैरविमुक्ता: सर्वसंकरै: । विमुक्ता: सर्वपापैश्न चरन्ति मुनयो वने,वानप्रस्थ मुनि स्त्री-समागम, सब प्रकारके संकर तथा सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे दूर रहकर वनमें विचरते रहते हैं
vimuktā dārasaṃyogair avimuktāḥ sarvasaṅkaraiḥ | vimuktāḥ sarvapāpebhyaś caranti munayo vane ||
Śrī Maheśvara said: “Freed from conjugal association, and not entangled in any kind of mixture or moral confusion, the sages—released from all sins—wander in the forest. Thus the forest-dweller’s discipline is marked by restraint, purity of conduct, and withdrawal from household bonds.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the vānaprastha/ascetic ideal: one should withdraw from conjugal attachment, avoid morally confusing or improper mixtures (saṅkara), and live with purity and restraint so that one’s life becomes free from sin.
Maheśvara is describing the conduct of forest-dwelling sages: detached from household life and purified of wrongdoing, they live by wandering in the forest, embodying disciplined renunciation.