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Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
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men, but factually such a materialistic display of spiritual advancement does not help one at all; it will not prevent one from missing the goal of life.
TEXT 30
यश्चित्तविजये यत्तः स्यान्निःसङ्गोऽपरिग्रहः ।
एको विविक्तशरणो मिक्षुर्मैक्ष्यमिताशनः ॥३०॥
yaś citta-vijaye yattaḥ syān niḥsaṅgo 'parigrahaḥ eko vivikta-śaraṇo bhikṣur bhaikṣya-mitāśanaḥ
yaḥ —one who;  citta-vijaye —conquering the mind;  yattaḥ —is engaged;  syāt —must be;  niḥsaṅgaḥ —without contaminated association;  aparigrahaḥ —without being dependent (on the family);  ekaḥ —alone;  vivikta-śaraṇaḥ —taking shelter of a solitary place;  bhikṣuḥ —a renounced person;  bhaikṣya —by begging alms just to maintain the body;  mita-aśanaḥ —frugal in eating.
TRANSLATION
One who desires to conquer the mind must leave the company of his family and live in a solitary place, free from contaminated association. To maintain the body and soul together, he should beg as much as he needs for the bare necessities of life.
PURPORT
This is the process for conquering the agitation of the mind. One is recommended to take leave of his family and live alone, maintaining body and soul together by begging alms and eating only as much as needed to keep himself alive. Without such a process, one cannot conquer lusty desires.  Sannyāsa  means accepting a life of begging, which makes one automatically very humble and meek and free from lusty desires. In this regard, the following verse appears in the  Smṛti  literature:
dvandvāhatasya gārhasthyam dhyāna-bhaṅgādi-kāraṇam