Shloka 59

Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागो ब्रह्मचर्यममानिता जितेन्द्रियत्वमावासे नैकस्मिन् वसतिश्चिरम्

Transliteration

sarvasaṅgaparityāgo brahmacaryamamānitā jitendriyatvamāvāse naikasmin vasatiściram

Translation

सर्व संगांचा त्याग, ब्रह्मचर्य, अमानिता (मानाची लालसा नसणे), इंद्रियजय; तसेच निवासाबाबत एकाच ठिकाणी दीर्घकाळ न राहणे—ही वानप्रस्थ-धर्माची लक्षणे आहेत।

Word by Word

• सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागः: renunciation of all attachments
• सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + सङ्ग + परित्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां सङ्गानां परित्यागः)

• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: celibacy; brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• अमानिता: humility; absence of pride
• अमानिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमानिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जितेन्द्रियत्वम्: sense-control (state of having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियत्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य/येन तत्) + त्व-प्रत्यय (भाववाचक)

• आवासे: in dwelling/residence
• आवासे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वसतिः: staying; residence
• वसतिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चिरम्: for long; long time
• चिरम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speakers

• Not explicit in excerpt; likely within the standard Purāṇic instruction layer (Pulastya → Nārada uncertain).

Key Themes

• Varnashrama-Dharma
• Vānaprastha
• Vairagya (non-attachment)
• Brahmacarya
• Amānitā (humility)
• Indriya-nigraha (sense-control)
• Non-settled living

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Renunciation is defined primarily as inner freedom: cutting attachment, restraining senses, and dissolving ego-claims to honor. Physical mobility (not residing long in one place) supports non-possessiveness and reduces re-entanglement.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with the prior verses, it is best categorized as ācāra/dharma instruction within Purāṇic literature—supplementary to the pañcalakṣaṇa core, yet a common and authoritative Purāṇic function.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Not staying long in one place’ symbolizes refusal to convert a temporary support into identity; humility (amānitā) counters subtle spiritual pride; sense-mastery indicates the true ‘forest’ is the inner terrain where impulses are tamed.