स्वयं सञ्चिनुयात् सर्वमात्मनो वृत्तिकारणम् । देशकालबलाभिज्ञो नाददीतान्यदाहृतम् ॥ ६ ॥
svayaṁ sañcinuyāt sarvam ātmano vṛtti-kāraṇam deśa-kāla-balābhijño nādadītānyadāhṛtam
- svayam
- himself
- sañcinuyāt
- should gather
- sarvam
- everything
- ātmanaḥ
- his own
- vṛtti
- sustenance
- kāraṇam
- facilitating
- deśa
- the particular place
- kāla
- the time
- bala
- and one’s strength
- abhijñaḥ
- understanding pragmatically
- na ādadīta
- should not take
- anyadā
- for another time
- āhṛtam
- provisions
The vānaprastha should personally collect whatever he requires for his bodily maintenance, carefully considering the time, place and his own capacity. He should never collect provisions for the future.