Duties of the religious student, householder, hermit and mendicant - Verse 18
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 9.18
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Sanskrit Original
वयःपरिणतौ राजन कृतकृत्यो गृहाश्रमी पुत्रेषु भार्यां निक्षिप्य वनं गच्छेत सहैव वा ।।
vayaḥpariṇatau rājan kṛtakṛtyo gṛhāśramī putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya vanaṃ gacchet sahaiva vā ||
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When one ages, O king, having fulfilled his duties, he should go to the forest, leaving behind his wife and children, either alone or with them.