Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 53


Sanskrit:

एवं वसन् गृहे कालं विरक्तो न्यासमास्थित: ।वनं जगामानुययुस्तत्पत्‍न्य: पतिदेवता: ॥ ५३ ॥

ITRANS:

evaṁ vasan gṛhe kālaṁvirakto nyāsam āsthitaḥvanaṁ jagāmānuyayustat-patnyaḥ pati-devatāḥ

Translation:

In this way he passed his life in household affairs for some time, but then he became detached from material enjoyment. To renounce material association, he accepted the vānaprastha order and went to the forest. His devoted wives followed him, for they had no shelter other than their husband.

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