श्रीभगवानुवाच वनं विविक्षु: पुत्रेषु भार्यां न्यस्य सहैव वा । वन एव वसेच्छान्तस्तृतीयं भागमायुष: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca vanaṁ vivikṣuḥ putreṣu bhāryāṁ nyasya sahaiva vā vana eva vasec chāntas tṛtīyaṁ bhāgam āyuṣaḥ
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- vanam
- the forest
- vivikṣuḥ
- desiring to enter
- putreṣu
- among the sons
- bhāryām
- wife
- nyasya
- entrusting
- saha
- together with
- eva
- indeed
- vā
- or
- vane
- in the forest
- eva
- certainly
- vaset
- one should dwell
- śāntaḥ
- with a peaceful mind
- tṛtīyam
- the third
- bhāgam
- division
- āyuṣaḥ
- of life
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who desires to adopt the third order of life, vānaprastha, should enter the forest with a peaceful mind, leaving his wife with his mature sons, or else taking her along with him.