Shloka 40
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
सोऽप्यानन्दस्तपस्तेपे बाल एव महावने ।
कर्मणां क्षुपणार्थाय विमुक्तेः परिपन्थिनाम् ॥
so 'pyānandastapastepe bāla eva mahāvane / karmaṇāṃ kṣupaṇārthāya vimukteḥ paripanthinām
«Aquel Ānanda también, siendo aún un muchacho, practicó austeridad en un gran bosque, con el fin de desgastar los karmas—los que se alzan como obstáculos en el sendero hacia la liberación (mokṣa).»
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FAQs
Austerity is presented as a disciplined means to reduce karmic impediments to freedom. The emphasis on ‘even as a boy’ underscores that sincere spiritual striving is not bound to age or status.
Ascetic-dharma teaching within narrative; not a pañcalakṣaṇa cosmological/genealogical unit.
‘Forest’ signifies withdrawal from sense-fields; ‘karmas as paripanthins’ frames liberation as a path where latent impressions must be burned by tapas (inner heat).