The Order of Stages of Life and the Four Castes. - Verse 8
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 3 · Verse 8
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Sanskrit Original
वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गत्वा न गृहं प्रविशेत पुनः। न संन्यासी वनं चाथ ब्रह्माचर्यं न साधकः।।
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā na gṛhaṃ praviśet punaḥ| na saṃnyāsī vanaṃ cātha brahmācaryaṃ na sādhakaḥ||
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Once a householder goes out of his household (renouncing his stage of life as a householder) and resorts to the stage of a forest-dweller {Vdnaprastha) , he shall not re-enter the house-holder’s stage, nor an ascetic {Sannyasin) go back to the life of a forest-hermit, nor should a Sadhaka householder revert to the life of a religious student.^