Yugas and classes of people: lineage of sages - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 32 · Verse 25
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Sanskrit Original
साधनात्तपसो ऽरण्ये साधुर्वैखानसः स्मृतः। यतमानो यतिः साधुः स्मृतो योगस्य साधनात।।
sādhanāttapaso 'raṇye sādhurvaikhānasaḥ smṛtaḥ| yatamāno yatiḥ sādhuḥ smṛto yogasya sādhanāt||
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Sūta said: A Vaikhānasa (forest-hermit) is declared as Sādhu because he achieves power of penance in the forest. The striving recluse is remembered as Sādhu because he accumulates and achieves Yogic power.