Shloka 60
Dietary Rules & Purification — Duties of the Ashrama System
अननारम्भस्तथाहारो भैक्षान्नं नातिकोपिता आत्मज्ञानावबोधेच्छा तथा चात्मावबोधनम्
ananārambhastathāhāro bhaikṣānnaṃ nātikopitā ātmajñānāvabodhecchā tathā cātmāvabodhanam
Não iniciar novos empreendimentos; sustentar-se com alimento simples, obtido por esmolas (bhikṣā); não se entregar à ira excessiva; o desejo de despertar para o conhecimento do Si (Ātman) e a realização do Si—estes são os sinais e deveres aqui declarados.
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FAQs
The verse outlines renunciant ethics: minimize worldly projects, accept simple alms-food, restrain anger, and orient life toward Self-knowledge culminating in realization. The ethical center is inner mastery (krodha-nigraha) and non-attachment expressed through a mendicant livelihood.
This passage is primarily Dharma/ācāra instruction rather than sarga/pratisarga. Within Purāṇic classification it aligns most closely with ancillary dharma-upadeśa material, often embedded in vamśānucarita-era narratives but functionally a normative (smṛti-like) teaching section.
‘Alms-food’ symbolizes dependence on Īśvara and society without possessiveness; ‘non-initiation’ symbolizes cessation of karmic expansion; ‘Self-realization’ is the telos that transforms external renunciation into inner liberation.