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 ||
व्यास म्हणाले—योग्य वेळ आल्यावर भिक्षेवर जगणाऱ्या संन्याशाने भिक्षेसाठी वानप्रस्थाच्या आश्रमात तेव्हाच जावे, जेव्हा स्वयंपाकघरातून धूर निघत नाही आणि मुसळाचा आवाजही थांबलेला असतो. अशा नियमबद्ध जीवनाने तो भिक्षुक ब्रह्मभाव प्राप्त करण्यास योग्य होतो.
व्यास उवाच
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.