कन्दमूलफलैर्वन्यैर्मेध्यैर्वृत्तिं प्रकल्पयेत् । वसीत वल्कलं वासस्तृणपर्णाजिनानि वा ॥ २ ॥
kanda-mūla-phalair vanyair medhyair vṛttiṁ prakalpayet vasīta valkalaṁ vāsas tṛṇa-parṇājināni vā
- kanda
- with bulbs
- mūla
- roots
- phalaiḥ
- and fruits
- vanyaiḥ
- growing in the forest
- medhyaiḥ
- pure
- vṛttim
- sustenance
- prakalpayet
- one should arrange
- vasīta
- one should put on
- valkalam
- tree bark
- vāsaḥ
- as clothes
- tṛṇa
- grass
- parṇa
- leaves
- ajināni
- animal skins
- vā
- or
Having adopted the vānaprastha order of life, one should arrange one’s sustenance by eating uncontaminated bulbs, roots and fruits that grow in the forest. One may dress oneself with tree bark, grass, leaves or animal skins.