Text 23] The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes 77

ted locks of hair; dadhat—one should keep; kamandalu—a waterpot;
ajine—and a deerskin; danda—rod; valkala—the bark of a tree; agni—
fire; paricchadén —garments.

TRANSLATION

The vanaprastha should wear matted locks of hair on his head
and let his body hair, nails and moustache grow. He should not
cleanse his body of dirt. He should keep a waterpot, deerskin and
rod, wear the bark of a tree as a covering, and use garments col-

ored like fire.
TEXT 22

AT TA TCIPAME TAT gfe: |
RTS TT Ta That Ada FTA: zl

cared vane dvédasabdan
astau va caturo munih

dvav ekam va yatha buddhir
na vipadyeta krechratah

caret—should remain; vane—in the forest; dv@dasa-abdan—twelve
years; astau—for eight years; vad—either; caturah—four years;
munih—a saintly, thoughtful man; dvau—two; ekam—one; vd—
either; yathd—as well as; buddhih—intelligence; na—not; vipadyeta—
bewildered; krcchratah—because of hard austerities.

TRANSLATION

Being very thoughtful, a vanaprastha should remain in the
forest for twelve years, eight years, four years, two years or at least
one year. He should behave in such a way that he will not be dis-
turbed or troubled by too much austerity.

TEXT 23
Tet: apearat Maca |
oneatfarat n Rena galerTaTe RTI
