Shloka 59
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागो ब्रह्मचर्यममानिता जितेन्द्रियत्वमावासे नैकस्मिन् वसतिश्चिरम्
sarvasaṅgaparityāgo brahmacaryamamānitā jitendriyatvamāvāse naikasmin vasatiściram
సర్వసంగపరిత్యాగం, బ్రహ్మచర్యం, అమానిత (గౌరవలాలస లేనితనం), ఇంద్రియజయం; అలాగే నివాస విషయంలో ఒకే చోట దీర్ఘకాలం ఉండకపోవడం—ఇవి వానప్రస్థ ధర్మలక్షణాలు।
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FAQs
Renunciation is defined primarily as inner freedom: cutting attachment, restraining senses, and dissolving ego-claims to honor. Physical mobility (not residing long in one place) supports non-possessiveness and reduces re-entanglement.
As with the prior verses, it is best categorized as ācāra/dharma instruction within Purāṇic literature—supplementary to the pañcalakṣaṇa core, yet a common and authoritative Purāṇic function.
‘Not staying long in one place’ symbolizes refusal to convert a temporary support into identity; humility (amānitā) counters subtle spiritual pride; sense-mastery indicates the true ‘forest’ is the inner terrain where impulses are tamed.