The Order of Stages of Life and the Four Castes. - Verse 7
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 3 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
अन्यथा विविधैर्यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा वनमथाक्षयेत। तपस्तप्त्वा तपोयोगाद विरक्तः संन्यसेद यदि।।
anyathā vividhairyajñairiṣṭvā vanamathākṣayet| tapastaptvā tapoyogād viraktaḥ saṃnyased yadi||
Still (the best course is) after performing various kinds of sacrifices, one should take to the life of a forest hermit and perform penance. Thereafter, becoming completely detached by virtue of his penance, he should renounce (as a Tati) .2 being a house-holder etc. The very day on which detachment for the world dawns in him, he should renounce the world and become a sannaydsin : {^yadi vetarathd brahmacaryddeva parivrajedy • . . . . ,Yadahareva virajet tadahareva pravrajet /