Shloka 7
अफालकुष् व्रीहियवं नीवारं विघसानि च । हवींषि सम्प्रयच्छेत मखेष्वत्रापि पजचसु,वनवासी मुनि बिना जोती हुई पृथ्वीसे पैदा हुआ धान, जौ, नीवार तथा विघस (अतिथियोंको देनेसे बचे हुए) अन्नसे जीवन-निर्वाह करे। वानप्रस्थमें भी पंचमहायज्ञोंमें हविष्य वितरण करे
Vyāsa uvāca — aphāla-kṛṣṭaṁ vrīhi-yavaṁ nīvāraṁ vighasāni ca | havīṁṣi samprayaccheta makheṣv atrāpi pañcasu ||
अफालकृष्टं व्रीहियवं नीवारं विघसानि च । हवींषि सम्प्रयच्छेत मखेष्वत्रापि पञ्चसु ॥
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A forest-dweller should live with minimal harm—using naturally available grains and what remains after serving others—while still maintaining the discipline of the five daily sacrifices. Renunciation is framed as ethical restraint plus ongoing responsibility.
Vyāsa is describing proper conduct for the vānaprastha/forest stage: the muni’s permitted foods (uncultivated grains, wild rice, and leftovers after hospitality) and the continued performance of the pañca-mahāyajñas through offering and distribution of havis.