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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.13.1

श्रीनारद उवाच कल्पस्त्वेवं परिव्रज्य देहमात्रावशेषित: । ग्रामैकरात्रविधिना निरपेक्षश्चरेन्महीम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-nārada uvāca
[shree-naarada uvaacha]
kalpas tv evaṁ parivrajya
[kalpas tv evam parivrajya]
deha-mātrāvaśeṣitaḥ
[deha-maatraavasheshitah]
grāmaika-rātra-vidhinā
[graamaika-raatra-vidhinaa]
nirapekṣaś caren mahīm
[nirapekshash charen maheem]
Word-for-word
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca — Śrī Nārada Muni said kalpaḥ — a person who is competent to undergo the austerities of sannyāsa, the renounced order of life, or to prosecute studies in transcendental knowledge tu — but evam — in this way (as described previously) parivrajya — fully understanding his spiritual identity and thus traveling from one place to another deha-mātra — keeping only the body avaśeṣitaḥ — at last grāma — in a village eka — one only rātra — of passing a night vidhinā — in the process nirapekṣaḥ — without dependence on any material thing caret — should move from one place to another mahīm — on the earth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-nārada uvāca
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca
Śrī Nārada Muni said
kalpas tv evaṁ parivrajya
kalpaḥ
a person who is competent to undergo the austerities of sannyāsa, the renounced order of life, or to prosecute studies in transcendental knowledge
tu
but
evam
in this way (as described previously)
parivrajya
fully understanding his spiritual identity and thus traveling from one place to another
deha-mātrāvaśeṣitaḥ
deha-mātra
keeping only the body
avaśeṣitaḥ
at last
grāmaika-rātra-vidhinā
grāma
in a village
nirapekṣaś caren mahīm
eka
one only
rātra
of passing a night
vidhinā
in the process
nirapekṣaḥ
without dependence on any material thing
caret
should move from one place to another
mahīm
on the earth.
Śrī Nārada Muni said: A person able to cultivate spiritual knowledge should renounce all material connections, and merely keeping the body inhabitable, he should travel from one place to another, passing only one night in each village. In this way, without dependence in regard to the needs of the body, the sannyāsī should travel all over the world.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Nārada said: A competent person should leave the house with complete detachment and, just keeping his body alive, should travel all over the world, passing only one night in each village, The Thirteenth Chapter describes the conduct of the sannyāsī through a conversation of Prahlāda with a renounced person. If, having meditated in this way, a person is incapable of jñāna-yoga, he should then fast. (SB 7.12.23) If he meditates in this way but is capable of jñāna-yoga, then he should renounce and wander the earth. This is the meaning. Now three verses speak of the conduct of the sannyāsī.
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Personal Guidance
A person developing spiritual knowledge should renounce material connections and travel, spending only one night per village. Place-attachment is subtle bondage; mobility prevents new entanglements. Even when not literally wandering, cultivate the inner freedom of not setting roots that would have to be torn up.
Reflection Questions
  • Where have you put down roots that now own you instead of serving you?
  • What inner detachment would let you leave any place gracefully when the time comes?
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