पुरग्रामव्रजान्सार्थान् भिक्षार्थं प्रविशंश्चरेत् । पुण्यदेशसरिच्छैलवनाश्रमवतीं महीम् ॥ २४ ॥
pura-grāma-vrajān sārthān bhikṣārthaṁ praviśaṁś caret puṇya-deśa-saric-chaila- vanāśrama-vatīṁ mahīm
- pura
- cities
- grāma
- towns
- vrajān
- and pasturing grounds
- sa-arthān
- those working for bodily maintenance
- bhikṣā-artham
- for begging alms
- praviśan
- entering
- caret
- he should travel
- puṇya
- pure
- deśa
- places
- sarit
- with rivers
- śaila
- mountains
- vana
- and forests
- āśrama-vatīm
- possessing such residential places
- mahīm
- the earth
The sage should travel in sanctified places, by flowing rivers and within the solitude of mountains and forests. He should enter the cities, towns and pasturing grounds and approach ordinary working men only to beg his bare sustenance.