SB 7.12.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

अग्न्यर्थमेव शरणम् उटजं वाद्रिकन्दरम् ।
श्रयेत हिमवाय्वग्नि वर्षार्कातपषाट्स्वयम् ॥ २० ॥

agny-artham eva saranam

utajam vadri-kandaram

srayeta hima-vayv-agni-

varsarkatapa-sat svayam

agni-the fire; artham-to keep; eva-only; saranam-a cottage; uta-jam-made of grass; va-or; adri-kandaram-a cave in a mountain; srayeta-the vanaprastha should take shelter of; hima-snow; vayu-wind; agni-fire; varsa-rain; arka-of the sun; atapa-shining; sat-enduring; svayam-personally.

TRANSLATION

A vanaprastha should prepare a thatched cottage or take shelter of a cave in a mountain only to keep the sacred fire, but he should personally practice enduring snowfall, wind, fire, rain and the shining of the sun.

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