Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
अपत्यसंततिं दृष्ट्वा प्राज्ञो देहस्य चानतिम् वानप्रस्थाश्रमं धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामो ऽवधार्यताम्
apatyasaṃtatiṃ dṛṣṭvā prājño dehasya cānatim vānaprasthāśramaṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmo 'vadhāryatām
Pagkakita sa pagpapatuloy ng lahi sa pamamagitan ng mga anak, at sa paghina rin ng katawan, ang marunong ay (humaharap sa susunod na yugto). Ipaliwanag namin ang dharma ng vānaprastha āśrama—pakinggan nang buong pag-iingat.
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A responsible transition to renunciation is advised once social continuity is secured (progeny established) and bodily impermanence is recognized; wisdom is shown by timely reorientation from acquisition to austerity and contemplation.
This is ācāra-dharma (conduct/discipline) guidance. It is not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but a normative teaching embedded in the Purāṇic discourse.
‘Progeny continuity’ symbolizes completion of worldly obligations; ‘bodily decline’ symbolizes the call of time (kāla) prompting inwardness—together marking the dhārmic pivot from pravṛtti (engagement) toward nivṛtti (withdrawal).