Ashvamedhika Parva 46.22
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Ashvamedhika Parva Chapter 46 · Verse 22
Sanskrit Original
असंरोधेन भूतानां वृत्तिं लिप्सेत मोक्षवित्। न चान्यमन्नं लिप्सेत भिक्षमाणः कथंचन॥ न संनिकाशयेद् धर्म विविक्ते चारजाश्चरेत्। शून्यागारमरण्यं वा वृक्षमूलं नदी तथा॥ प्रतिश्रयार्थ सेवेत पार्वती वा पुनर्गुहाम्। ग्रामैकरात्रिको ग्रीष्मे वर्षास्वेकत्र वा वसेत्॥
The person conversant with Liberation should obtain his livelihood without obstructing any creature. In his rounds of mendicancy he should never follow another. He should never show his piety; he should move about in a solitary place, freed from passion. As should, resort to either an empty house, or a forest, or the foot of some tree, or a river, or a mountain cave for shelter. In summer he should pass only one night in an inhabited place; in the rainy season he may live in one place.