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
Khi đã thấy dòng dõi con cháu được tiếp nối, và cũng thấy thân thể suy tàn, bậc trí (hướng về giai đoạn kế tiếp). Chúng tôi sẽ giải thích dharma của vānaprastha āśrama—xin hãy chú tâm ghi nhận.
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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).