Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 17

VaP 1 17.1

।। वायुरुवाच ।। आश्रमत्रयमुत्सृज्य प्राप्तस्तु परमाश्रमम्। अतः संवत्सरस्यान्ते प्राप्य ज्ञानमनुत्तमम्

|| vāyuruvāca || āśramatrayamutsṛjya prāptastu paramāśramam| ataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte prāpya jñānamanuttamam

Vāyu said: But having abandoned the three stages of life, one who has reached the highest stage — after that, at the end of a year, having attained the unsurpassed knowledge,

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VaP 1 17.2

अनुज्ञाप्य गुरूंचैव विचरेत् पृथिवीमिमाम्। सारभूतमुपासीत ज्ञानं यज्ज्ञेय साधकम्

anujñāpya gurūṃcaiva vicaret pṛthivīmimām| sārabhūtamupāsīta jñānaṃ yajjñeya sādhakam

and having taken leave of his teachers, he should wander over this earth; let him attend upon that knowledge which is the essence, which accomplishes what is to be known.

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VaP 1 17.3

इदं ज्ञानमिदं ज्ञेयमिति यस्तुषितश्चरेत् । अपि कल्पसहस्रायुर्न्नैव ज्ञेयमवाप्नुयात्

idaṃ jñānamidaṃ jñeyamiti yastuṣitaścaret | api kalpasahasrāyurnnaiva jñeyamavāpnuyāt

He who goes about content, (saying) 'this is knowledge, this is what is to be known' — even with a lifespan of a thousand kalpas he would not attain what is to be known.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VaP 1 17.4

त्यक्तसङ्गो जितकोधो लघ्वाहारो जितेन्द्रियः। पिधाय बुद्ध्या द्वाराणि ध्याने ह्येवं मनो दधेत्

tyaktasaṅgo jitakodho laghvāhāro jitendriyaḥ| pidhāya buddhyā dvārāṇi dhyāne hyevaṃ mano dadhet

With attachment given up, anger conquered, eating little, senses subdued — having closed the doors (of the senses) with the intellect, he should thus fix the mind on meditation.

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VaP 1 17.5

शून्येष्वेवावकाशेषु गुहासु चवने तथा। नदीनां पुलिने चैव नित्यं युक्तः सदा भवेत्

śūnyeṣvevāvakāśeṣu guhāsu cavane tathā| nadīnāṃ puline caiva nityaṃ yuktaḥ sadā bhavet

In empty places, in caves, and likewise in the forest, and on the sandbanks of rivers, let him always be constantly disciplined.

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VaP 1 17.6

वाग्दण्डः कर्मदण्डश्च मनोदण्डश्च ते त्रयः। यस्यैते नियता दण्डाः स त्रिदण्डी व्यवस्थितः

vāgdaṇḍaḥ karmadaṇḍaśca manodaṇḍaśca te trayaḥ| yasyaite niyatā daṇḍāḥ sa tridaṇḍī vyavasthitaḥ

The restraint of speech, the restraint of action, and the restraint of mind — these are the three; he by whom these restraints are held in check is established as a bearer of the triple staff (tridaṇḍin).

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VaP 1 17.7

अवस्थितो ध्यानरतिर्जितेन्द्रियः शुभाशुभे हित्य च कर्मणी उभे । इदं शरीरं प्रविमुच्य शास्त्रतो न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचित्

avasthito dhyānaratirjitendriyaḥ śubhāśubhe hitya ca karmaṇī ubhe | idaṃ śarīraṃ pravimucya śāstrato na jāyate mriyate vā kadācit

Steadfast, delighting in meditation, with senses conquered, having abandoned both kinds of action, good and bad — having wholly released this body according to the teaching, he is never again born, nor does he die.

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