Maitreya Upanishad: Verse 2.23
न त्यजेच्चेद्यतिर्मुक्तो यो माधुकरमातरम् । वैराग्यजनकं श्रद्धाकलत्रं ज्ञाननन्दनम् ॥२३॥
न । त्यजेत् । चेत् । यतिः । मुक्तः । यः । माधुकरम् । मातरम् । वैराग्य-जनकम् । श्रद्धा-कलत्रम् । ज्ञान-नन्दनम् ॥
na tyajec ced yatir mukto yo mādhukaram ātaram | vairāgyajanakaṃ śraddhākalatraṃ jñānanandanam ||23||
जो संन्यासी हो गया है, उसको भीख माँगना नहीं छोड़ना चाहिए। यह भीख उसकी माँ जैसी है। इससे वैराग्य मिलता है, श्रद्धा पत्नी बनती है, और ज्ञान बेटा बनता है।
If a liberated renunciant were to abandon the ‘mādhukara’ (alms-gathering) mother—(namely) that which gives rise to dispassion, whose spouse is faith, and whose child is knowledge—he should not (do so).
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