Shloka 7
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
उन्हें दिनमें तीन बार स्नान, पितरों और देवताओंका पूजन, अग्निहोत्र तथा विधिवत् यज्ञ करने चाहिये ।।
nivāragrahaṇaṃ caiva phalamūlaniṣevaṇam | iṅgudairaṇḍatailānāṃ snehārthe ca niṣevaṇam ||
Itinuro ni Maheshvara ang wastong ikabubuhay at disiplina ng naninirahang-ubat (vānaprastha): dapat mamuhay sa mga butil na nivāra at sa mga prutas at ugat; at para sa pag-iingat ng katawan—upang mapanatiling angkop ang pagkalambot at para sa mga kailangang gamit—maaari ang mga langis gaya ng iṅguda at langis ng castor. Ang diin ay nasa pagpipigil at pamumuhay na may tuntunin, na sumusuporta sa tungkuling espirituwal nang walang luho.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A vānaprastha should live on simple, non-indulgent foods available in the forest—nivāra grains, fruits, and roots—while allowing minimal, purposeful use of oils (iṅguda/castor) for health and necessary duties. Dharma here is disciplined sufficiency, not luxury.
Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about proper conduct for the forest-dweller stage of life, specifying what may be consumed and used so that one can sustain the body and continue prescribed religious duties without falling into sensual excess.