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श्रीनारद उवाच
कल्पस्त्वेवं परिव्रज्य देहमात्रावशेषितः ।
ग्रामैकरात्रविधिना निरपेक्षश्चरेन्महीम् ॥ १ ॥
 
sri-narada uvaca
kalpas tv evam parivrajya
deha-matravasesitah
gramaika-ratra-vidhina
nirapeksas caren mahim
sri-naradah uvaca-Sri Narada Muni said; kalpah-a person who is competent to undergo the austerities of sannyasa, the renounced order of life, or to prosecute studies in transcendental knowledge; tu-but; evam-in this way (as described previously); parivrajya-fully understanding his spiritual identity and thus traveling from one place to another; deha-matra-keeping only the body; avasesitah-at last; grama-in a village; eka-one only; ratra-of passing a night; vidhina-in the process; nirapeksah-without dependence on any material thing; caret-should move from one place to another; mahim-on the earth.