Agni Purana — Chapter 160

AgP 160.1

:ए इत्य् आद्याग्नेये महापुराणे शौचं नामैकोनष्ट्यधिकतशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१६०} :श् अथ षष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः वानप्रस्थाश्रमः पुष्कर उवाच वानप्रस्थयतीनाञ्च(२) धर्मं वक्ष्ये ऽधुना शृणु जटित्वमग्निहोत्रित्वं भूशय्याजिनधारणं

:e ity ādyāgneye mahāpurāṇe śaucaṃ nāmaikonaṣṭyadhikataśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {160} :ś atha ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ vānaprasthāśramaḥ puṣkara uvāca vānaprasthayatīnāñca(2) dharmaṃ vakṣye 'dhunā śṛṇu jaṭitvamagnihotritvaṃ bhūśayyājinadhāraṇaṃ

Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the chapter called "Purity," the one hundred fifty-ninth. Chapter 160: The forest-dweller's stage of life. Puṣkara said: Now I shall declare the duty of forest-dwellers and of renunciants; listen. Wearing matted hair, maintaining the agnihotra, sleeping on the ground, wearing hides,

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AgP 160.2

वने वासः पयोमूलनीवारफलवृत्तिता प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्तिश् च त्रिःस्नानं ब्रह्मचारिता

vane vāsaḥ payomūlanīvāraphalavṛttitā pratigrahanivṛttiś ca triḥsnānaṃ brahmacāritā

dwelling in the forest, subsisting on milk, roots, wild rice and fruit, abstaining from accepting gifts, bathing three times, living chastely,

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AgP 160.3

देवातिथीनां पूजा च धर्मो ऽयं वनवासिनः :न् १ औषधादीति क॥ २ यतीनान्तु इति ङ॥ :प् १४३ गृही ह्य् अपत्यापत्यञ्च दृष्ट्वारण्यं(१) समाश्रयेत्

devātithīnāṃ pūjā ca dharmo 'yaṃ vanavāsinaḥ :n 1 auṣadhādīti ka.. 2 yatīnāntu iti ṅa.. :p 143 gṛhī hy apatyāpatyañca dṛṣṭvāraṇyaṃ(1) samāśrayet

and the honouring of gods and guests — this is the duty of the forest-dweller. For a householder, when he has seen the offspring of his offspring, should betake himself to the forest,

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AgP 160.4

तृतीयमायुषो भागमेकाकी वा सभार्यकः ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपा नित्यं वर्षास्वभ्राविकाशिकः

tṛtīyamāyuṣo bhāgamekākī vā sabhāryakaḥ grīṣme pañcatapā nityaṃ varṣāsvabhrāvikāśikaḥ

(for) the third portion of his life, either alone or together with his wife. In the hot season (he lives) amid the five fires, in the rains always in the open sky,

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AgP 160.5

आर्द्रवासाश् च हेमन्ते तपश्चोग्रञ्चरेद्बली(२) अपरावृत्तिमास्थाय व्रजेद्दिशमजिह्मगः(३)

ārdravāsāś ca hemante tapaścograñcaredbalī(2) aparāvṛttimāsthāya vrajeddiśamajihmagaḥ(3)

and in the cold season wearing wet clothes; being strong, he should practise fierce austerity. Adopting the vow of not turning back, he should walk straight ahead toward (one) direction.

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