Rules of Purity (Shauca) Shloka 8 - Vamana Purana | Burmese | Vedapath

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Shloka 8

Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller

Devanagari script

गार्हस्थ्याश्रमकामस्तु गार्हस्थ्याश्रममावसेत् वानप्रस्थाश्रमं वापि चतुर्थं स्वेच्छयात्मनः

Transliteration

gārhasthyāśramakāmastu gārhasthyāśramamāvaset vānaprasthāśramaṃ vāpi caturthaṃ svecchayātmanaḥ

Translation

သူသည် အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အဆင့် (ဂါर्हသ္ထ्य အာရှ్రమ) ကို လိုလားပါက ထိုအာရှ్రమသို့ ဝင်ရောက်နေထိုင်ရမည်။ သို့မဟုတ် တောနေအဆင့် (ဝါနပရಸ್ಥ) သို့လည်း ဝင်နိုင်ပြီး၊ မိမိစိတ်ကြိုက်အတိုင်း စတုတ္ထအဆင့်ဖြစ်သော သံန്യാസ (စွန့်လွှတ်ခြင်း) သို့တိုင် ဝင်နိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

गार्हस्थ्य-आश्रम-कामःdesiring the householder stage

तुbut/indeed

गार्हस्थ्य-आश्रमम्the householder āśrama

आवसेत्should reside/enter

वानप्रस्थ-आश्रमम्the forest-dweller āśrama

वाor

अपिalso

चतुर्थम्the fourth (āśrama)

स्वेच्छयाby one’s own wish

आत्मनःof oneself

Speakers

Not specified in input (likely within Pulastya → Nārada narrative layer; verify from chapter context).

Key Themes

Varṇāśrama-dharmaGārhasthyaVānaprasthaSannyāsa (caturthāśrama)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Dharma is presented as a structured path with legitimate diversity: different temperaments may choose household life, forest retirement, or renunciation. The ethical core is alignment of one’s life-stage with inner readiness and disciplined duty.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

As with the prior verse, it is ancillary dharma instruction (ācāra/āśrama-niyama), not directly one of the five lakṣaṇas, though purāṇas often include such guidance alongside genealogies and narratives.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘fourth’ signifies ultimate detachment; placing it as a permissible choice underscores that liberation-oriented life is not merely an end-stage of aging but a vocation dependent on qualification (adhikāra).