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Shloka 8

Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)

विधूमे सन्नमुसले वानप्रस्थप्रतिश्रये । काले प्राप्ते चरन्‌ भैक्ष्यं कल्पते ब्रह्म भूयसे

vidhūme sannamusale vānaprasthapratiśraye | kāle prāpte caran bhaikṣyaṃ kalpate brahma bhūyase ||

ವ್ಯಾಸನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಕಾಲವು ಬಂದಾಗ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಿಂದ ಬದುಕುವ ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಿಯು ಭಿಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ವಾನಪ್ರಸ್ಥನ ಆಶ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಅಡುಗೆಮನೆಯ ಧೂಮವಿಲ್ಲದಾಗ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಸಲಿನ ಶಬ್ದ ನಿಂತಾಗ ಮಾತ್ರ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಿಯಮಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಬದುಕುವ ಭಿಕ್ಷುಕನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

विधूमेwhen (it is) smokeless
विधूमे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविधूम
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सन्नम्stilled, ceased
सन्नम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसन्नत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मुसलेin/with the pestle (pounding)
मुसले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमुसल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वानप्रस्थ-प्रतिश्रयेat the shelter/abode of a forest-dweller (vānaprastha)
वानप्रस्थ-प्रतिश्रये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवानप्रस्थप्रतिश्रय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कालेat the (proper) time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्राप्तेwhen (the time) has arrived
प्राप्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चरन्going about, practicing
चरन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
भैक्ष्यम्alms (as livelihood)
भैक्ष्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभैक्ष्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कल्पतेis fit/competent, becomes possible
कल्पते:
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman, the Absolute
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भूयसेfor becoming (Brahman), for higher state
भूयसे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभूयस्
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
V
vānaprastha (forest-dweller)
B
bhikṣā (alms)
M
musala (pestle)
D
dhūma (smoke)

Educational Q&A

A renunciant should beg in a way that minimizes burden and disturbance to householders/forest-dwellers—approaching only after cooking and pounding are finished—so that his livelihood remains pure, restrained, and aligned with the pursuit of Brahman.

Vyāsa lays down a practical rule of conduct for a mendicant: the sannyāsin should time his alms-round to a vānaprastha’s dwelling when there is no kitchen smoke and no sound of the pestle, indicating that the host’s work is done and the request will not cause disruption.