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The Order of Stages of Life and the Four Castes. - Verse 9

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 3 · Verse 9

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Sanskrit Original

प्राजापत्यां निरूप्येष्टिमाग्नेयीमथवा द्विजः। प्रव्रजेत गृही विद्वान वनाद वा श्रुतिचोदनात।।

prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭimāgneyīmathavā dvijaḥ| pravrajeta gṛhī vidvān vanād vā śruticodanāt||

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A Brahmana should complete the sacrifice called Prdjdpatya or Agneyi and then renounce.^ The scholarly house¬ holder should renounce through the stage of a forest dweller, in accordance with the injunctions of the Sruti.