एकचार्यनिकेत: स्यादप्रमत्तो गुहाशय: । अलक्ष्यमाण आचारैर्मुनिरेकोऽल्पभाषण: ॥ १४ ॥
eka-cāry aniketaḥ syād apramatto guhāśayaḥ alakṣyamāṇa ācārair munir eko ’lpa-bhāṣaṇaḥ
- eka
- alone
- cārī
- moving
- aniketaḥ
- without fixed residence
- syāt
- should be
- apramattaḥ
- being very alert
- guhā-āśayaḥ
- remaining secluded
- alakṣyamāṇaḥ
- without being recognized
- ācāraiḥ
- by his activities
- muniḥ
- a sage
- ekaḥ
- without companions
- alpa
- very little
- bhāṣaṇaḥ
- speaking
A saintly person should remain alone and constantly travel without any fixed residence. Being alert, he should remain secluded and should act in such a way that he is not recognized or noticed by others. Moving without companions, he should not speak more than required.