Shloka 24
Adhyaya 28 — Alarka Inquires into Varna and Ashrama Dharma; Madalasa Defines the Fourfold Duties
अपत्यसन्ततिं दृष्ट्वा प्राज्ञो चानतिम् ।
वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गच्छेदात्मनः शुद्धिकारणात् ॥
apatyasantatiṃ dṛṣṭvā prājño cānatim /
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gacched ātmanaḥ śuddhikāraṇāt //
தன் சந்ததி வரிசை நிலைபெற்றதைப் பார்த்தும், முதுமை மற்றும் சிதைவை உணர்ந்தும், ஞானி தன் ஆத்ம சுத்திக்காக வானப்ரஸ்த ஆசிரமத்திற்காக, அதாவது வனத்திற்குச் செல்ல வேண்டும்।
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FAQs
Withdrawal is not escapism but a timed dharmic transition: once family continuity is secured and life’s decline is evident, one turns toward austerity and purification.
Ācāra-dharma and varṇāśrama instruction; indirectly supports the Purāṇic project of sustaining social-cosmic order across generations (vaṃśa continuity).
‘Seeing progeny’ symbolizes completion of outward obligations; ‘purification’ points to the inward journey—shifting identity from roles to the witnessing Self.