Shloka 19
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
स वनेः5ग्नीन् यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् | निर्दधन्दो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्
sa vaneḥ agnīn yathānyāyam ātmany āropya dharmavit | nirdahand(o) vītarāgātmā brahmāśramapade vaset |
जनक बोले—“इसके बाद धर्मज्ञ पुरुष शास्त्रीय विधि के अनुसार अग्निहोत्र की अग्नियों को आत्मा में आरोपित (समाहित) करके, सांसारिक बन्धनों को ‘जला’ कर, आसक्ति-रहित होकर ब्रह्म-चिन्तन से युक्त संन्यास-आश्रम में निवास करे।”
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.