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Shanti Parva · Adhyaya 251

The Life of the Wandering Mendicant

Shuka asks how, living as a forest hermit, one should yoke the self to reach the highest state. Vyasa answers by describing the fourth order of life: the mendicant who walks alone, without fire or home, takes a little food once a day and bears all speech in silence. He gives the marks of the true brahmin whom the gods recognise, teaches that all duties are contained in non-violence and fearlessness, and describes the inner sacrifice of the one who offers his breaths into the Self.

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श्रीशुक उवाच · Shuka said

Verse 1 (12.251.1)

वर्तमानस्तथैवात्र वानप्रस्थाश्रमे यथा । योक्तव्योऽऽत्मा कथं शक्त्या परं वै काङ्क्षता पदम् ॥

vartamānastathaivātra vānaprasthāśrame yathā | yoktavyo''tmā kathaṃ śaktyā paraṃ vai kāṅkṣatā padam

Living there as before in the forest-dweller's order, how should the Self be yoked, as far as one is able, by one who longs for the highest state?

Note on the text: Corrected तयेवात्र → तथैवात्र (misprint in Wikisource; CE tathaivātra). Line 2 योक्तव्योऽऽत्मा कथं शक्त्या differs from CE yoktavyo 'tmā yathā śaktyā and is kept as a variant.

व्यास उवाच · Vyasa said

Verse 2 (12.251.2)

प्राप्य संस्कारमेताभ्यामाश्रमाभ्यां ततः परम् । यत्कार्यं परमार्थार्थं तदिहैकमनाः शृणु ॥

prāpya saṃskārametābhyāmāśramābhyāṃ tataḥ param | yatkāryaṃ paramārthārthaṃ tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu

Having been refined by these two orders, hear now with a single mind what is to be done beyond them for the sake of the highest good.

Verse 3 (12.251.3)

कषायं पाचयित्वाऽऽशु श्रेणिस्थानेषु च त्रिषु । प्रव्रजेच्च परं स्थानं पारिव्राज्यमनुत्तमम् ॥

kaṣāyaṃ pācayitvā''śu śreṇisthāneṣu ca triṣu | pravrajecca paraṃ sthānaṃ pārivrājyamanuttamam

Having quickly ripened away his impurity in the three steps of the ladder, he should go forth to the highest station, the supreme state of the wandering mendicant.

Verse 4 (12.251.4)

तद्भवानेवमभ्यस्य वर्ततां श्रूयतां तथा । एक एव चरेद्धर्मं सिद्ध्यर्थमसहायवान् ॥

tadbhavānevamabhyasya vartatāṃ śrūyatāṃ tathā | eka eva careddharmaṃ siddhyarthamasahāyavān

So may you act, practising this, and so may you listen. He should walk the path of dharma alone, for the sake of success, with no companion.

Note on the text: Corrected यद्भवानेवम् → तद्भवानेवम् (यद् does not fit the sentence; CE tad bhavān evam). Line 2 चरेद्धर्मं for CE caren nityaṃ is a variant, kept.

Verse 5 (12.251.5)

एकश्चरति यः पश्यन्न जहाति न हीयते । अनग्निरनिकेतश्च ग्राममन्नार्थमाश्रयेत् ॥

ekaścarati yaḥ paśyanna jahāti na hīyate | anagniraniketaśca grāmamannārthamāśrayet

He who walks alone, seeing the truth, neither abandons nor is abandoned. Without fire and without home, he should go to a village for his food.

Note on the text: Corrected एकश्चरतिः यः → एकश्चरति यः (misprint in Wikisource; CE ekaś carati yaḥ).

Verse 6 (12.251.6)

अश्वस्तनविधाता स्यान्मुनिर्भावसमन्वितः । लघ्वाशी नियताहारः सकृदन्ननिषेविता ॥

aśvastanavidhātā syānmunirbhāvasamanvitaḥ | laghvāśī niyatāhāraḥ sakṛdannaniṣevitā

He should store nothing for the morrow, a silent sage endowed with right feeling, light in eating, restrained in food, taking his food once a day.

Note on the text: Wikisource अश्वस्तनविधाता for CE aśvastanavidhānaḥ is a variant, kept.

Verse 7 (12.251.7)

कपालं वृक्षमूलानि कुचेलमसहायता । उपेक्षा सर्वभूतानामेतावद्भिक्षुलक्षणम् ॥

kapālaṃ vṛkṣamūlāni kucelamasahāyatā | upekṣā sarvabhūtānāmetāvadbhikṣulakṣaṇam

An earthen bowl, the roots of trees, a ragged garment, having no companion, and indifference to all beings: this much is the mark of a mendicant.

Note on the text: Restored from the CE (12.237.7: kapālaṃ vṛkṣamūlāni kucelam asahāyatā / upekṣā sarvabhūtānām etāvad bhikṣulakṣaṇam). Wikisource prints a damaged text, णलं वृक्षमलानि कुचेलमसदृ------- । उपक्षा सर्वभूतानामेतावद्भिक्षुलक्षणाम् (the first word cut to णलं, मूलानि as मलानि, a gap after असदृ, उपेक्षा as उपक्षा, and a wrong final ā); the CE words असहायता and लक्षणम् are taken for the gap and the final word.

Verse 8 (12.251.8)

यस्मिन्वाचः प्राविशन्ति कूपे प्राप्ताः शिला इव । न वक्तारं पुनर्यान्ति स कैवल्याश्रमे वसेत् ॥

yasminvācaḥ prāviśanti kūpe prāptāḥ śilā iva | na vaktāraṃ punaryānti sa kaivalyāśrame vaset

He into whom words enter like stones thrown into a well, and never come back to the speaker, should dwell in the hermitage of utter solitude.

Note on the text: Corrected वाचा प्राविशन्ति → वाचः प्राविशन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; the subject is plural, CE vācaḥ) and divided शिलाइव → शिला इव.

Verse 9 (12.251.9)

नैव पश्येन्न शृणुयादवाच्यं जातु कस्यचित् । ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण नैव ब्रूयात्कथंचन ॥

naiva paśyenna śṛṇuyādavācyaṃ jātu kasyacit | brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa naiva brūyātkathaṃcana

He should neither look at nor listen to what ought not be said of anyone, especially of brahmins, and he should never speak of it in any way.

Verse 10 (12.251.10)

यद्ब्राह्मणस्य कुशलं तदेव सततं वदेत् । तूष्णीमासीत निन्दायां कुर्वन्भैषज्यमात्मनः ॥

yadbrāhmaṇasya kuśalaṃ tadeva satataṃ vadet | tūṣṇīmāsīta nindāyāṃ kurvanbhaiṣajyamātmanaḥ

What is good for a brahmin, that alone he should always speak; when there is blame he should keep silent, making it the medicine of his own self.

Note on the text: Corrected बद्ब्राह्मणस्य → यद्ब्राह्मणस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE yad brāhmaṇasya).

Verse 11 (12.251.11)

येन पूर्णमिवाकाशं भवत्येकेन सर्वदा । शून्यं येन जनाकीर्णं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

yena pūrṇamivākāśaṃ bhavatyekena sarvadā | śūnyaṃ yena janākīrṇaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

He by whom the sky seems always full, though he is but one, and by whom a crowded place is left empty: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Verse 12 (12.251.12)

येनकेनचिदाच्छन्नो येनकेनचिदाशितः । यत्र क्वचन शायी च तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

yenakenacidācchanno yenakenacidāśitaḥ | yatra kvacana śāyī ca taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

Covered with whatever comes, fed with whatever comes, lying down wherever he happens to be: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Note on the text: Closed the stray space in येनकेन चिदाच्छन्नो → येनकेनचिदाच्छन्नो.

Verse 13 (12.251.13)

अहेरिव गणाद्भीतः सन्मानान्मरणादिव । कुणपादिव च स्त्रीभ्यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

aheriva gaṇādbhītaḥ sanmānānmaraṇādiva | kuṇapādiva ca strībhyastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

Afraid of company as of a snake, of honour as of death, of women as of a corpse: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Note on the text: Line 1 सन्मानान्मरणादिव differs from CE sauhityān narakād iva (the page's footnote cites सौहित्यान्नरकादिव as a variant); the vulgate reading is kept.

Verse 14 (12.251.14)

न क्रुध्येन्न प्रहृष्येच्च मानितोऽमानितश्च यः । सर्वभूतेष्वभयदस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

na krudhyenna prahṛṣyecca mānito'mānitaśca yaḥ | sarvabhūteṣvabhayadastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

He who neither rages nor rejoices, whether honoured or dishonoured, who gives fearlessness to all beings: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Note on the text: Corrected कुद्ध्येन् → क्रुध्येत् form (न कुद्ध्येन् → न क्रुध्येन्; misprint in Wikisource, CE krudhyet).

Verse 15 (12.251.15)

नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम् । कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निदेशं भृतको यथा ॥

nābhinandeta maraṇaṃ nābhinandeta jīvitam | kālameva pratīkṣeta nideśaṃ bhṛtako yathā

He should not welcome death and should not welcome life; he should only wait for his time, as a hired servant waits for his orders.

Verse 16 (12.251.16)

अनभ्याहतचित्तः स्यादनभ्याहतवाग्भवेत् । निर्मुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो निरमित्रस्य किं भयम् ॥

anabhyāhatacittaḥ syādanabhyāhatavāgbhavet | nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo niramitrasya kiṃ bhayam

Let his mind be unafflicted and his speech unafflicted. Freed from all sins, what fear can there be for one who has no enemy?

Verse 17 (12.251.17)

अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो भूतानामभयं यतः । तस्य मोहाद्विमुक्तस्य भयं नास्ति कुतश्चन ॥

abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo bhūtānāmabhayaṃ yataḥ | tasya mohādvimuktasya bhayaṃ nāsti kutaścana

He who gives fearlessness to all beings, from whom beings have nothing to fear: for him, freed from delusion, there is no fear anywhere.

Note on the text: Wikisource मोहात् for CE dehāt is a variant, kept.

Verse 18 (12.251.18)

यथा नागपदेऽन्यानि पदानि पदगामिनाम् । सर्वाण्येवापिलीयन्ते पदजातानि कौञ्जरे ॥

yathā nāgapade'nyāni padāni padagāminām | sarvāṇyevāpilīyante padajātāni kauñjare

As the footprints of all other creatures that walk are lost in the footprint of an elephant, so all these are absorbed in the elephant's path.

Verse 19 (12.251.19)

एवं सर्वमहिंसायां धर्मार्थमभिधीयते । अमृतः स नित्यं भवति यो हिंसां न प्रपद्यते ॥

evaṃ sarvamahiṃsāyāṃ dharmārthamabhidhīyate | amṛtaḥ sa nityaṃ bhavati yo hiṃsāṃ na prapadyate

In the same way, everything is contained in non-violence: thus dharma is taught. He who does not resort to violence is always immortal.

Verse 20 (12.251.20)

अहिंसकः समः सत्यो धृतिमान्नियतेन्द्रियः । शरण्यः सर्वभूतानां गतिमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् ॥

ahiṃsakaḥ samaḥ satyo dhṛtimānniyatendriyaḥ | śaraṇyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ gatimāpnotyanuttamām

Harmless, even-minded, truthful, steadfast, with his senses restrained, a refuge for all beings, he reaches the highest goal.

Note on the text: Corrected अहिसंकः → अहिंसकः (misprint in Wikisource; CE ahiṃsakaḥ).

Verse 21 (12.251.21)

एवं प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य निर्भयस्य निराशिषः । न मृत्युरतिगो भावः स मृत्युं नाधिगच्छति ॥

evaṃ prajñānatṛptasya nirbhayasya nirāśiṣaḥ | na mṛtyuratigo bhāvaḥ sa mṛtyuṃ nādhigacchati

For one so content in wisdom, fearless and free of desire, death is no state that overcomes him; he does not come to death.

Note on the text: Wikisource निराशिषः for CE manīṣiṇaḥ is a variant, kept (the page's footnote cites स मुक्तिमुपगच्छति for line 2).

Verse 22 (12.251.22)

विमुक्तं सर्वसङ्गेभ्यो मुनिमाकाशवत्स्थितम् । अस्वमेकचरं शान्तं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

vimuktaṃ sarvasaṅgebhyo munimākāśavatsthitam | asvamekacaraṃ śāntaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

Freed from all attachments, a sage who stands like the sky, owning nothing, wandering alone, at peace: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Verse 23 (12.251.23)

जीवितं यस्य धर्मार्थं धर्मो हर्यर्थमेव च । अहोरात्राश्च पुण्यार्थं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

jīvitaṃ yasya dharmārthaṃ dharmo haryarthameva ca | ahorātrāśca puṇyārthaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

He whose life is for dharma, whose dharma is for Hari, and whose days and nights are for merit: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Note on the text: Wikisource धर्मो हर्यर्थमेव च for CE dharmo 'ratyartham eva ca; the page's footnote cites धर्मो रत्यर्थमेव च as a variant. The vulgate reading is kept.

Verse 24 (12.251.24)

निराशिषमनारम्भं निर्नमस्कारमस्तुतिम् । निर्मुक्तं बन्धनैः सर्वैस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥

nirāśiṣamanārambhaṃ nirnamaskāramastutim | nirmuktaṃ bandhanaiḥ sarvaistaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

Without hope, without undertakings, bowing to none and praising none, freed from all bonds: the gods know him as a brahmin.

Note on the text: Corrected निर्मुक्ते → निर्मुक्तं (misprint in Wikisource; the word agrees with the accusative तं in the refrain). Line 2 does not match the CE's akṣīṇaṃ kṣīṇakarmāṇaṃ (the page's footnote cites it as a variant).

Verse 25 (12.251.25)

सर्वाणि भूतानि सुखे रमन्ते । सर्वाणि दुःखस्य भृशं त्रसन्ते । तेषां भयोत्पादनजातखेदः । कुर्यान्न कर्माणि हि श्रद्दधानः ॥

sarvāṇi bhūtāni sukhe ramante | sarvāṇi duḥkhasya bhṛśaṃ trasante | teṣāṃ bhayotpādanajātakhedaḥ | kuryānna karmāṇi hi śraddadhānaḥ

All beings delight in happiness, and tremble greatly at suffering. A man of faith, pained at the thought of causing them fear, should not perform such actions.

Note on the text: Four half-verse lines as on the page (labelled 25a-d) = CE 12.237.25a and 25c.

Verse 26 (12.251.26)

दानं हि भूताभयदक्षिणायाः । सर्वाणि दानान्यधितिष्ठतीह । तीक्ष्णां तनुं यः प्रथमं जहाति । सोऽनन्तमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः ॥

dānaṃ hi bhūtābhayadakṣiṇāyāḥ | sarvāṇi dānānyadhitiṣṭhatīha | tīkṣṇāṃ tanuṃ yaḥ prathamaṃ jahāti | so'nantamāpnotyabhayaṃ prajābhyaḥ

The gift of freedom from fear to creatures is the greatest of gifts; it stands above all gifts here. He who first lays aside his harsh form gains unending fearlessness from all creatures.

Note on the text: Four half-verse lines (labelled 26a-d) = CE 12.237.26a and 26c.

Verse 27 (12.251.27)

स दत्तमास्येन हविर्जुहोति । लोकस्य नाभिर्जगतः प्रतिष्ठा । तस्याङ्गमङ्गानि कृताकृतं च । वैश्वानरः सर्वमिदं प्रपेदे ॥

sa dattamāsyena havirjuhoti | lokasya nābhirjagataḥ pratiṣṭhā | tasyāṅgamaṅgāni kṛtākṛtaṃ ca | vaiśvānaraḥ sarvamidaṃ prapede

He offers as oblation what is placed in his mouth. He is the navel of the world and the support of the universe; his body and its limbs, what is done and what is left undone, are all entered by Vaishvanara, the universal fire.

Note on the text: Wikisource स दत्तमास्येन for CE uttāna āsyena; the page's footnote cites उत्तान आस्येन as a variant. Four half-verse lines (labelled 27a-d) = CE 12.237.27a and 27c.

Verse 28 (12.251.28)

प्रादेशमात्रे हृदि निःसृतं यत् । तस्मिन्प्राणानात्मयाजी जुहोति । तस्याग्निहोत्रं हुतमात्मसंस्थं । सर्वेषु लोकेषु सदैवतेषु ॥

prādeśamātre hṛdi niḥsṛtaṃ yat | tasminprāṇānātmayājī juhoti | tasyāgnihotraṃ hutamātmasaṃsthaṃ | sarveṣu lokeṣu sadaivateṣu

That which has come forth in the heart, a span in size: into it the self-sacrificer pours his vital breaths. His fire-offering is performed within the Self, in all worlds together with their gods.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (य / त्तस्मिन् → यत् / तस्मिन्). Wikisource निःसृतम् is a variant of CE niśritam (kept). Four half-verse lines (labelled 28a-d) = CE 12.237.28a and 28c.

Verse 29 (12.251.29)

देवं त्रिधातुं त्रिवृतं सुपर्णं । ये विद्युरग्र्यां परमात्मतां च । ते सर्वलोकेषु महीयमाना । देवाः समर्था अमृतं वहन्ति ॥

devaṃ tridhātuṃ trivṛtaṃ suparṇaṃ | ye vidyuragryāṃ paramātmatāṃ ca | te sarvalokeṣu mahīyamānā | devāḥ samarthā amṛtaṃ vahanti

Those who know the god of three elements, the threefold golden-winged bird, and the highest being of the Supreme Self are honoured in all worlds; those gods, capable, bear immortality.

Note on the text: Corrected सुपर्ण → सुपर्णं (misprint in Wikisource; the anusvara is dropped at the end of the line, CE suparṇaṃ). Wikisource देवाः समर्था अमृतं वहन्ति for CE devāḥ samarthāḥ sukṛtaṃ vrajanti; the page's footnote cites देवाः समर्त्याः सुकृतं वदन्ति as a variant. Four half-verse lines (labelled 29a-d) = CE 12.237.29a and 29c.

Verse 30 (12.251.30)

वेदांश्च वेद्यं तु विधिं च कृत्स्नम् । अथो निरुक्तं परमार्थतां च । सर्वं शरीरात्मनि यः प्रवेद । तस्य स्म देवाः स्पृहयन्ति नित्यम् ॥

vedāṃśca vedyaṃ tu vidhiṃ ca kṛtsnam | atho niruktaṃ paramārthatāṃ ca | sarvaṃ śarīrātmani yaḥ praveda | tasya sma devāḥ spṛhayanti nityam

He who knows the Vedas, what is to be known, the whole rule, the etymology, and the highest truth, all of it within the body-self: for him the gods ever long.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (कृत्स्न / मथो → कृत्स्नम् / अथो). Line 4 तस्य स्म for CE tasmai sma is a variant, kept. Four half-verse lines (labelled 30a-d) = CE 12.237.30a and 30c.

Verse 31 (12.251.31)

भूमावसक्तं दिवि चाप्रमेयं । हिरण्मयं योऽण्डजमण्डमध्ये । पतत्रिणं पक्षिणमन्तरिक्षे । यो वेद भोग्यात्मनि दीप्तरश्मिः ॥

bhūmāvasaktaṃ divi cāprameyaṃ | hiraṇmayaṃ yo'ṇḍajamaṇḍamadhye | patatriṇaṃ pakṣiṇamantarikṣe | yo veda bhogyātmani dīptaraśmiḥ

He who knows the golden one, unattached to earth and immeasurable in heaven, the egg-born bird in the midst of the egg, the winged one flying in the sky, himself blazing with rays in the enjoyer-self.

Note on the text: Four half-verse lines (labelled 31a-d) = CE 12.237.31a and 31c.

Verse 32 (12.251.32)

आवर्तमानमजरं विवर्तनं । षण्णाभिकं द्वादशारं सुपर्व । यस्येदमास्योपरि याति विश्वं । यत्कालचक्रं निहितं गुहायाम् ॥

āvartamānamajaraṃ vivartanaṃ | ṣaṇṇābhikaṃ dvādaśāraṃ suparva | yasyedamāsyopari yāti viśvaṃ | yatkālacakraṃ nihitaṃ guhāyām

Revolving, ageless, ever turning, with six naves, twelve spokes and fine joints, the wheel of time lies hidden in the cave; this whole universe passes over his face.

Note on the text: Wikisource षण्णाभिकं for CE ṣaṇṇemikaṃ and यस्येदमास्योपरि याति for CE yasyedam āsye pariyāti are variants, kept. Four half-verse lines (labelled 32a-d) = CE 12.237.32a and 32c.

Verse 33 (12.251.33)

यः संप्रजानञ्जगतः शरीरं । सर्वान्स लोकानधिगच्छतीह । तस्मिन्हितं तर्पयतीह देवांस् । ते वै तृप्तास्तर्पयन्त्यास्यमस्य ॥

yaḥ saṃprajānañjagataḥ śarīraṃ | sarvānsa lokānadhigacchatīha | tasminhitaṃ tarpayatīha devāṃs | te vai tṛptāstarpayantyāsyamasya

He who truly knows the body of the world reaches all worlds here. What is placed in him satisfies the gods in this world, and they, satisfied, in turn feed his mouth.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (देवां / स्ते → देवांस् / ते). Wikisource संप्रजानन् and हितम् for CE saṃprasādaṃ and hutam are variants, kept. Four half-verse lines (labelled 33a-d) = CE 12.237.33a and 33c.

Verse 34 (12.251.34)

तेजोमयो नित्यमयः पुराणो । लोकाननन्तानभयानुपैति । भूतानि यस्मान्न त्रसन्ते कदाचित् । स भूतानां न त्रसते कदाचित् ॥

tejomayo nityamayaḥ purāṇo | lokānanantānabhayānupaiti | bhūtāni yasmānna trasante kadācit | sa bhūtānāṃ na trasate kadācit

Radiant, of eternal nature, ancient, he reaches endless, fearless worlds. He from whom beings never tremble never trembles before beings.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (कदाचि / त्स → कदाचित् / स). Wikisource नित्यमयः and भूतानाम् differ from CE nityatanuḥ and bhūtebhyaḥ (variants, kept). Four half-verse lines (labelled 34a-d) = CE 12.237.34a and 34c.

Verse 35 (12.251.35)

अगर्हणीयो न च गर्हतेऽन्यान् । स वै विप्रः परमात्मानमीक्षेत् । विनीतमोहो व्यपनीतकल्मषो । न चेह नामुत्र च सोऽर्थमृच्छति ॥

agarhaṇīyo na ca garhate'nyān | sa vai vipraḥ paramātmānamīkṣet | vinītamoho vyapanītakalmaṣo | na ceha nāmutra ca so'rthamṛcchati

Blameless, and blaming no one else, that brahmin surely beholds the Supreme Self; with delusion cleared and sin removed, he seeks no gain here or hereafter.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (अन्या / न्स → अन्यान् / स) and corrected सोऽन्नमर्च्छति → सोऽर्थमृच्छति (misprint in Wikisource; अर्च्छति is not a verb form, CE 'rtham ṛcchati; CE has yo for सो). Four half-verse lines (labelled 35a-d) = CE 12.237.35a and 35c.

Verse 36 (12.251.36)

अरोषमोहः समलोष्टकाञ्चनः । प्रहीणशोको गतसन्धिविग्रहः । अपेतनिन्दास्तुतिरप्रियाप्रियश् । चरन्नुदासीनवदेष भिक्षुकः ॥

aroṣamohaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanaḥ | prahīṇaśoko gatasandhivigrahaḥ | apetanindāstutirapriyāpriyaś | carannudāsīnavadeṣa bhikṣukaḥ

Without anger or delusion, regarding clod and gold alike, rid of grief, free of ties and strife, rid of blame and praise, of the liked and the disliked, wandering as one indifferent: this is the true mendicant.

Note on the text: Rejoined the word split across the line break (अप्रियाप्रिय / श्चरन् → अप्रियाप्रियश् / चरन्). Four half-verse lines (labelled 36a-d) = CE 12.237.36a and 36c. The page ends with the colophon only (no verses after it).

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