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Shloka 5

Varnāśrama-Krama, Vairāgya as the Ground of Saṃnyāsa, and Brahmārpaṇa Karma-yoga

अनिष्ट्वा विधिवद् यज्ञैरनुत्पाद्य तथात्मजम् / नगार्हस्थ्यं गृहीत्यक्त्वा संन्यसेद् बुद्धिमान् द्विजः

aniṣṭvā vidhivad yajñairanutpādya tathātmajam / nagārhasthyaṃ gṛhītyaktvā saṃnyased buddhimān dvijaḥ

ทวิชผู้มีปัญญาไม่พึงละคฤหัสถ์แล้วรับสันนยาส หากยังมิได้ประกอบยัญตามวินัย และยังมิได้มีบุตร

अनिष्ट्वाwithout having sacrificed
अनिष्ट्वा:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive) नञ्-पूर्वक (negated): ‘यज्ञं न कृत्वा’; अव्ययभाव
विधिवत्according to rule
विधिवत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
यज्ञैःwith sacrifices
यज्ञैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन
अनुत्पाद्यwithout having begotten
अनुत्पाद्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + पद् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (gerund) नञ्-पूर्वक: ‘उत्पाद्य’ (having produced) → ‘अनुत्पाद्य’ (without producing); अव्ययभाव
तथाalso/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
आत्मजम्a son (one born of oneself)
आत्मजम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—आत्मनः जः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
not
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
गार्हस्थ्यम्the householder stage
गार्हस्थ्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
गृहीत्वाhaving taken/entered
गृहीत्वा:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive), अव्ययभाव
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive), अव्ययभाव
संन्यसेत्should renounce
संन्यसेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + नि + अस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
बुद्धिमान्wise
बुद्धिमान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबुद्धिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विजः इति विशेषण
द्विजःa twice-born (brāhmaṇa etc.)
द्विजः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Traditional narration context: instruction within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching voice (Purāṇic narrator conveying dharma-śāstra norms); often framed as authoritative teaching aligned with Lord Kūrma’s guidance on āśrama-dharma.

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: shanta

D
Dvija
Y
Yajña
G
Gārhasthya
S
Saṃnyāsa
V
Varnāśrama-dharma

FAQs

Indirectly: it frames liberation-oriented renunciation (saṃnyāsa) as requiring prior purification and duty-fulfillment—yajña and lineage obligations—so the seeker approaches Self-realization with a disciplined, dharma-aligned mind.

No specific meditation technique is named; the verse emphasizes the preparatory discipline that supports Yoga—ritual purity through yajña and steadiness through gṛhastha duties—often treated in the Kurma tradition as groundwork before higher contemplative paths such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner restraint.

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its dharma teaching reflects the Purāṇic synthesis where right conduct (yajña, āśrama duties, and disciplined renunciation) is upheld as a shared foundation for devotion and liberation across Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava streams.