यदा कर्मविपाकेषु लोकेषु निरयात्मसु । विरागो जायते सम्यङ् न्यस्ताग्नि: प्रव्रजेत्तत: ॥ १२ ॥
yadā karma-vipākeṣu lokeṣu nirayātmasu virāgo jāyate samyaṅ nyastāgniḥ pravrajet tataḥ
- yadā
- when
- karma
- by fruitive activities
- vipākeṣu
- in all that which is obtained
- lokeṣu
- including promotion to all the planets of the universe up to Brahmaloka
- niraya-ātmasu
- planets that are actually hellish, being material
- virāgaḥ
- detachment
- jāyate
- is born
- samyak
- completely
- nyasta
- giving up
- agniḥ
- the sacrificial fire of vānaprastha
- pravrajet
- one should take sannyāsa
- tataḥ
- at that point
If the vānaprastha, understanding that even promotion to Brahmaloka is a miserable situation, develops complete detachment from all possible results of fruitive activities, then he may take the sannyāsa order of life.