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The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
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bahulāśvaḥ —of the name Bahulāśva;  nikumbhasya —of Nikumbha;  kṛśāśvaḥ —of the name Kṛśāśva;  atha —thereafter;  asya —of Kṛśāśva;  senajit —Senajit;  yuvanāśvaḥ —of the name Yuvanāśva;  abhavat —was born;  tasya —of Senajit;  saḥ —he;  anapatyaḥ —without any sons;  vanam gataḥ —retired to the forest as a  vānaprastha .
TRANSLATION
The son of Nikumbha was Bahulāśva, the son of Bahulāśva was Kṛśāśva, the son of Kṛśāśva was Senajit, and the son of Senajit was Yuvanāśva. Yuvanāśva had no sons, and thus he retired from family life and went to the forest.
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भार्याशतेन निर्विण्ण ऋषयोऽस्य कृपालवः । इष्टं स वर्तयाञ्चक्रुरैन्द्री ते सुसमाहिताः ॥२६॥
bhāryā-śatena nirviṇṇa ṛṣayo 'sya kṛpālavaḥ iṣṭim sma vartayām cakrur aindrīm te susamāhitāḥ
bhāryā-śatena —with one hundred wives;  nirviṇṇaḥ —very morose;  ṛṣayaḥ —the sages (in the forest);  asya —upon him;  kṛpālavaḥ —very merciful;  iṣṭim —a ritualistic ceremony;  sma —in the past;  vartayām cakruḥ —began to execute;  aindrīm —known as an Indra-yajña;  te —all of them;  su-samāhitāḥ —being very careful and attentive.
TRANSLATION
Although Yuvanāśva went into the forest with his one hundred wives, all of them were very morose. The sages in the forest, however, being very kind to the King, began very carefully and attentively performing an Indra-yajña so that the King might have a son.
PURPORT
One may enter the  vānaprastha  order of life with his wife, but the  vānaprastha  order means complete retirement from household life.