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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 12]
yadākalpaḥ sva-kriyāyām vyādhibhir jarayāthavā ānvīkṣikyām vā vidyāyām kuryād anaśanādikam
yadā —when;  akalpaḥ —unable to act;  sva-kriyāyām —in one's own prescribed duties;  vyādhibhiḥ —because of disease;  jarayā —or because of old age;  athavā —either;  ānvīkṣikyām —in spiritual advancement;  vā —or;  vidyāyām —in the advancement of knowledge;  kuryāt —one must do;  anaśana-ādikam —not take sufficient food.
TRANSLATION
When because of disease or old age one is unable to perform his prescribed duties for advancement in spiritual consciousness or study of the Vedas, he should practice fasting, not taking any food.
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आत्मन्यग्रीन् समारोप्य संन्यस्थाहंममात्पताम् । कारणेषु न्यसेत् सम्यक् संधातं तु यथार्हतः ॥२४॥
ātmany agnīn samāropya sannyasyāham mamātmatām kāraṇeṣu nyaset samyak saṅghātam tu yathārhataḥ
ātmani —in one's self;  agnīn —the fire elements within the body;  samāropya —properly placing;  sannyasya —giving up;  aham —false identity;  mama —false conception;  ātmatām —of the body's being one's self or one's own;  kāraṇeṣu —in the five elements that cause the material body;  nyaset —one should merge;  samyak —completely;  saṅghātam —combination;  tu —but;  yathā-arhataḥ —as it befits.
TRANSLATION
He should properly place the fire element in his own self and in this way give up bodily affinity, by which one thinks the body to be