Shanti Parva 277.6
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 277 · Verse 6
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Sanskrit Original
पितोवाच अधीत्य वेदान् ब्रह्मचर्येषु पुत्र पुत्रानिच्छेत्पावनाय पितृणाम्। अग्नीनाधाय विधिवच्चेश्यज्ञो वनं प्रविश्याथ मुनिळूभूषेत्॥
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The father said Having read the Vedas all the while following the duties of Brahmacharya, O son, one should then desire for children for the sake of rescuting one's departed manes. Having established his fire then and performing the sacrifices that are ordained, one should then retire into the forest and then become a hermit.