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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.30

యశ్చిత్తవిజయే యత్త: స్యాన్ని:సఙ్గోఽపరిగ్రహ: । ఏకో వివిక్తశరణో భిక్షుర్భైక్ష్యమితాశన: ॥ ౩౦ ॥
yaś citta-vijaye yattaḥ
[yash chitta-vijaye yattah]
syān niḥsaṅgo ’parigrahaḥ
[syaan nihsango ’parigrahah]
eko vivikta-śaraṇo
[eko vivikta-sharano]
bhikṣur bhaikṣya-mitāśanaḥ
[bhikshur bhaikshya-mitaashanah]
yaḥ — one who citta-vijaye — conquering the mind yattaḥ — is engaged syāt — must be niḥsaṅgaḥ — without contaminated association aparigrahaḥ — without being dependent (on the family) ekaḥ — alone vivikta-śaraṇaḥ — taking shelter of a solitary place bhikṣuḥ — a renounced person bhaikṣya — by begging alms just to maintain the body mita-aśanaḥ — frugal in eating.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yaś citta-vijaye yattaḥ
yaḥ
one who
citta-vijaye
conquering the mind
yattaḥ
is engaged
syān niḥsaṅgo ’parigrahaḥ
syāt
must be
niḥsaṅgaḥ
without contaminated association
aparigrahaḥ
without being dependent (on the family)
eko vivikta-śaraṇo
ekaḥ
alone
vivikta-śaraṇaḥ
taking shelter of a solitary place
bhikṣur bhaikṣya-mitāśanaḥ
bhikṣuḥ
a renounced person
bhaikṣya
by begging alms just to maintain the body
mita-aśanaḥ
frugal in eating.
One who desires to conquer the mind must leave the company of his family and live in a solitary place, free from contaminated association. To maintain the body and soul together, he should beg as much as he needs for the bare necessities of life.

This is the process for conquering the agitation of the mind. One is recommended to take leave of his family and live alone, maintaining body and soul together by begging alms and eating only as much as needed to keep himself alive. Without such a process, one cannot conquer lusty desires. Sannyāsa means accepting a life of begging, which makes one automatically very humble and meek and free from lusty desires. In this regard, the following verse appears in the Smṛti literature:

dvandvāhatasya gārhasthyaṁ dhyāna-bhaṅgādi-kāraṇam lakṣayitvā gṛhī spaṣṭaṁ sannyased avicārayan

In this world of duality, family life is the cause that spoils one’s spiritual life or meditation. Specifically understanding this fact, one should accept the order of sannyāsa without hesitation.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One who desires to conquer the mind must leave the company of his family, and without being dependent, should live in a solitary place, beg for a living and eat frugally. This verse explains the process of liberation for the householder. If the householder has association with his family, he cannot conquer lust, though he tries. He should give up that association and live by begging. One who endeavors for control of the mind should become a beggar. Smṛti says: dvandvāhatasya gārhasthye dhyāna-bhaṅgādi kāraṇam lakṣayitvā gṛhī spaṣṭaṁ sannyased avicārayan The householder, seeing that such life filled with dualities is the cause of breaking his meditation on the Lord, should renounce without much consideration.
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