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II, 10, 17. RULES FOR ENTERING ORDER OF ASCETICS. 273
12. Through the application of medicines and sacred texts.
13. The advice to him (who is intent on the procreation of children) is given in agreement with the revealed texts.
14. For it produces results in the case of all the castes.
PRASNA II, Adhyâya 10, KandIKÂ 17. 1. Now we will explain the rule for entering the order of ascetics (samnyâsa).
2. Some (teachers say),' He who has finished his studentship may become an ascetic immediately on (the completion of) that.'
3. But (according to others, asceticism is befitting) for Salinas and Yâyâvaras who are childless ;
4. Or a widower (may become an ascetic).
5. (In general) they prescribe the profession of asceticism after the completion of the seventieth year and after the children have been firmly settled in (the performance of) their sacred duties.
6. Or a hermit in the woods (may become an
13. I read with M., whose reading is confirmed by the explanation given in the commentary, tasyopadesah srutisâmânyenopadisyate. The other MS. reads tasyopadesena, and in the text of the commentary the first word is left out.
17. 2. Gautama III, 1.
3. Regarding the two terms Sâlîna and Yâyâvara, see below, III, 1, 3-4.
4. Vidhura, translated, according to Govinda's explanation, by widower,' perhaps includes all persons who have been separated from their families.
6. Regarding the ceremonies to be performed by hermits in the wood, see above, II, 6, 11, 15, and below, III, 3.
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