78 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 12

yadékalpah sva-kriyayam
vyadhibhir jarayathava

Gnviksikyam va vidyayam
kuryad anasanddikam

yada—when; akalpah—unable to act; sva-kriyayam—in one’s own
prescribed duties; vyadhibhih—because of disease; jaraya—or because
of old age; athava—either; anviksikyam—in spiritual advancement;
vi—or; vidyayam—in the advancement of knowledge; kurydt—one
must do; anasana-ddikam—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.

TEXT 24

TATA TAN ATARI
arly Tg ars aT TAME: RVI!

atmany agnin samaropya
sannyasyaham mamatmatam

kadranesu nyaset samyak
sanghatam tu yathérhatah

Gtmani—in one’s self; agnin—the fire elements within the body;
samaropya—properly placing; sannyasya—giving up; aham—false
identity; mama—false conception; dtmatém—of the body’s being one’s
self or one’s own; kdranesu—in the five elements that cause the material
body; nyaset—one should merge; samyak—completely; sarighatam—
combination; tu—but; yatha-arhatah—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
