Duties in Vdnaprastha (Hermit’s) Stage'- Vydsa said : - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 27 · Verse 2
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Sanskrit Original
एवं गृहाश्रमे स्थित्वा द्वितीयं भागमायुषः। वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गच्छेत सदारः साग्निरेव च।।
evaṃ gṛhāśrame sthitvā dvitīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ| vānaprasthāśramaṃ gacchet sadāraḥ sāgnireva ca||
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Or he should go to the forest after entrusting his wife to the care of the sons.^ After seeing his grandchild, the old man with his body weak and shattered should go to the forest in the course of Uttarayana (Northern transit of the sun) on any auspicious morning in the bright half of the month. After going to the forest, he should observe all regulations and per¬ form penance with great concentration.