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Chapter 12.236 - Verse 2

Sanskrit Text

क्रमशस्त्ववधूयैनां तृतीयां वृत्तिमुत्तमाम् संयोगव्रतखिन्नानां वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसाम्

English Translation

Gradually leading off the domestic mode, one should enter the third mode which is good. It is the mode which is followed by persons who living with their wives pain themselves by means of austerities. It is the mode followed by those who live in forest as hermits.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

क्रमशस् + तु + अवधू + एनद् | तृतीयां | वृत्तिम् | उत्तमाम्
संयोग + व्रत + खिद् | वानप्रस्थ + आश्रम + ओक