Shloka 19
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
स वनेः5ग्नीन् यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् | निर्दधन्दो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्
sa vaneḥ agnīn yathānyāyam ātmany āropya dharmavit | nirdahand(o) vītarāgātmā brahmāśramapade vaset |
जनक उवाच—स धर्मवित् वनेऽग्नीन् यथान्यायम् आत्मन्यारोप्य, निर्दग्धः सन् वीतरागात्मा, ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्—ब्रह्मचिन्तनपरः संन्यासाश्रमे निवसेत्।
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharmic transition from external ritual maintenance (the sacred fires) to inner realization: one should, in a rule-governed way, internalize the fires into the Self and live as a detached renunciant devoted to Brahman-contemplation.
Janaka is describing the proper conduct of a dharma-knower who is ready for renunciation: after duly concluding the fire-based Vedic obligations by ‘placing the fires in the Self,’ he becomes free from attachment and enters the Brahman-oriented renunciant mode of life.