Shloka 3
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
पुत्र उवाच यदि मद्वचनं तात श्रद्धधास्यविशङ्कितः ।
तत् परित्यज्य गार्हस्थ्यं वानप्रस्थपरो भव ॥
putra uvāca yadi mad-vacanaṃ tāta śraddadhāsy aviśaṅkitaḥ |
tat parityajya gārhasthyaṃ vānaprastha-paro bhava ||
Người con nói: “Thưa cha, nếu cha tin lời con không chút nghi ngờ, thì hãy từ bỏ đời sống gia chủ và chuyên tâm theo nếp sống cư trú rừng (vānaprastha).”
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FAQs
The passage frames liberation as requiring a decisive reorientation of life: not merely adding practices to worldly life, but reducing entanglement by moving toward renunciation and disciplined simplicity.
Primarily outside the pañcalakṣaṇa historical-cosmological core; it belongs to dharma/upadeśa material (ethical-philosophical instruction) often embedded in Purāṇas alongside sarga/manvantara narratives.
“Forest-dwelling” functions symbolically as inner withdrawal: moving from external supports (social identity, possessions) toward a mind stabilized in solitude and clarity.