Shloka 19
स वनेः5ग्नीन् यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् | निर्दधन्दो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्,इसके बाद धर्मज्ञ पुरुष शास्त्रीय विधिके अनुसार अग्निहोत्रकी अग्नियोंका आत्मामें आरोप करके निर्दधन्द्ध एवं वीतराग होकर ब्रह्मचिन्तनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाले संन्यास-आश्रममें प्रवेश करे
sa vaneḥ agnīn yathānyāyam ātmany āropya dharmavit | nirdahand(o) vītarāgātmā brahmāśramapade vaset |
Janaka said: “A knower of dharma should, according to the scriptural rule, withdraw the sacred fires into the Self; and, having ‘burned up’ worldly ties and ritual dependence and become free from attachment, he should dwell in the renunciant stage (saṃnyāsa) that is devoted to contemplation of Brahman.”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharmic transition from external ritual maintenance (the sacred fires) to inner realization: one should, in a rule-governed way, internalize the fires into the Self and live as a detached renunciant devoted to Brahman-contemplation.
Janaka is describing the proper conduct of a dharma-knower who is ready for renunciation: after duly concluding the fire-based Vedic obligations by ‘placing the fires in the Self,’ he becomes free from attachment and enters the Brahman-oriented renunciant mode of life.