Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.22
ब्रह्मचर्यं समाप्य गृही भूत्वा वानप्रस्थाश्रममेत्य वैराग्याभावेऽप्याश्रमक्रमानुसारेण यः संन्यस्यति स कर्मसंन्यासी॥२२॥
ब्रह्मचर्यम् । समाप्य । गृही । भूत्वा । वानप्रस्थ-आश्रमम् । एत्य । वैराग्य-अभावे अपि । आश्रम-क्रम-अनुसारेण । यः । संन्यस्यति । सः । कर्म-संन्यासी ॥
brahmacaryaṃ samāpya gṛhī bhūtvā vānaprasthāśramam etya vairāgyābhāve 'py āśrama-kramānusāreṇa yaḥ saṃnyasyati sa karma-saṃnyāsī॥22॥
पहले ब्रह्मचर्य की लाइफ जीता है, गुरु के पास रह के सीखता है। फिर गृहस्थ बनता है, शादी करके घर बसाता है। फिर वानप्रस्थ में जाता है, जंगल में रह के सिंपल लाइफ जीता है। फिर संन्यास लेता है। अगर उसमे वैराग्य भी नहीं हो, तो भी चलता है। क्योंकि वो आश्रम का ऑर्डर फॉलो कर रहा है। यह कर्म संन्यासी है।
Having completed studentship, becoming a householder, and reaching the stage of forest-dweller, even in the absence of dispassion, one who renounces in accordance with the sequential order of the āśramas—he is a renouncer of action (karma-saṃnyāsī).
- vānaprasthāśramam split as vānaprastha-āśramam (ā + ā)
- vairāgyābhāve 'py split as vairāgya-abhāve + api (e + a → e; avagraha indicates elision)
- āśramakramānusāreṇa split as āśrama-krama-anusāreṇa
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Karma-saṃnyāsa (formal renunciation of ritual/social duties) contrasted with jñāna-vairāgya-based renunciation
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect: highlights that mere external renunciation (karma-saṃnyāsa) is not identical with Mahāvākya-realization; Mahāvākyas point to Brahman-knowledge beyond āśrama-forms.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Encourages discernment between external lifestyle change and inner vairāgya; suggests preparatory disciplines (yama-niyama, meditation, svādhyāya) to mature dispassion if renunciation is taken by convention; supports gradual purification (citta-śuddhi).
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