J 124
6.3. Vedic Retiree
O edn 610-612, O tr. 1536.3.1. Superiority of the Householder
O edn 610, O tr. 1536.87a brahmacārī gṛhasthaś ca vānaprastho yatis tathā |
6.87c ete gṛhastha.prabhavāś catvāraḥ pṛthag āśramāḥ || 87 ||
6.88a sarve 'pi kramaśas tv ete yathāśāstraṃ niṣevitāḥ |
6.88c yathā.ukta.kāriṇaṃ vipraṃ nayanti paramāṃ gatim || 88 ||
6.89a sarveṣām api ca-eteṣāṃ veda.smṛtividhānataḥ | 197
6.89c gṛhastha ucyate śreṣṭhaḥ sa trīn etān bibharti hi || 89
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6.90a yathā nadī.nadāḥ sarve sāgare yānti saṃsthitim |
6.90c tathā-eva-āśramiṇaḥ sarve gṛhasthe yānti saṃsthitim || 90
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6.3.2. The Ten-Point Law
O edn 611, O tr. 1536.91a caturbhir api ca-eva-etair nityam āśramibhir dvijaiḥ |
6.91c daśa.lakṣaṇako dharmaḥ sevitavyaḥ prayatnataḥ || 91 ||
6.92a dhṛtiḥ kṣamā damo 'steyaṃ śaucam indriyanigrahaḥ |
6.92c dhīr vidyā satyam akrodho daśakaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam || 92 ||
6.93a daśa lakṣaṇāni dharmasya ye viprāḥ samadhīyate |
6.93c adhītya ca-anuvartante te yānti paramāṃ gatim || 93 ||