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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.226

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 226

सन्यासग्रहण कर्त्तव्यानिWhat is done in taking renunciation

Verse 226

आहूय स्वजनान् बन्धून् ग्रामस्थान् प्रतिवासिनः । प्रीत्याऽनुमतिमन्विच्छेत् गृहाज्जिगमिषुर्जनः ॥ २२६ ॥

āhūya svajanān bandhūn grāmasthān prativāsinaḥ | prītyā’numatimanvicchēt gṛhājjigamiṣurjanaḥ || 226 ||

Translation

Calling together his own people, kin, the villagers and neighbours, the man who wishes to leave home should lovingly seek their leave.

Word by word

āhūya
calling together
sva
his own
janān
people
bandhūn
kin
grāma
in the village
sthān
those
prativāsinaḥ
neighbours
prītyā
(prītyā) lovingly
anumatim
(anumatim) leave
anvicchēt
should seek
gṛhāj
(gṛhāt) from home
jigamiṣur
(jigamiṣuḥ) who wishes to go
janaḥ
the man

Meaning

Renunciation is not a flight in the night. The one who would go forth gathers family, kinsfolk and neighbours and asks, with affection, for their consent.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Anumatim anvicchet: he should seek their leave, ask for their permission.