Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12


Sanskrit:

यदा कर्मविपाकेषु लोकेषु निरयात्मसु ।विरागो जायते सम्यङ् न्यस्ताग्नि: प्रव्रजेत्तत: ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

yadā karma-vipākeṣulokeṣu nirayātmasuvirāgo jāyate samyaṅnyastāgniḥ pravrajet tataḥ

Translation:

If the vānaprastha, understanding that even promotion to Brahmaloka is a miserable situation, develops complete detachment from all possible results of fruitive activities, then he may take the sannyāsa order of life.

Purport: