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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 12]
TRANSLATION
A vānaprastha should prepare cakes to be offered in sacrifice from fruits and grains grown naturally in the forest. When he obtains some new grains, he should give up his old stock of grains.
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अग्न्यर्थमेव शरणमुटजं वाद्रिकन्दरम् । भयेत हिमवाय्वयिवर्षार्कातपषाट् स्वयम् ॥२०॥
agny-artham eva śaraṇam uṭajam vādri-kandaram śrayeta hima-vāyv-agni- varṣārkātapa-ṣāṭ svayam
agni —the fire;  artham —to keep;  eva —only;  śaraṇam —a cottage;  uṭa-jam —made of grass;  vā —or;  adri-kandaram —a cave in a mountain;  śrayeta —the  vānaprastha  should take shelter of;  hima —snow;  vāyu —wind;  agni —fire;  varṣa —rain;  arka —of the sun;  ātapa —shining;  ṣāṭ —enduring;  svayam —personally.
TRANSLATION
A vānaprastha 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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केशरोमनखश्मभुमलानि जटिलो दधत् । कमण्डल्वजिने दण्डवल्कलायिपरिच्छदान् ॥२१॥
keśa-roma-nakha-śmaśru- malāni jaṭilo dadhat kamaṇḍalv-ajine daṇḍa- valkalāgni-paricchadān
keśa —hair on the head;  roma —hair on the body;  nakha —nails;  śmaśru —moustache;  malāni —and dirt on the body;  jaṭilaḥ —with mat-