Renunciation

Mbh.5.43.2376	Renunciation is of six kinds.
Mbh.5.69.3501	Renunciation of the objects of our excited senses is due to spiritual light; both spiritual light and abstention from injury arise doubtless from true wisdom.
Mbh.12.22.932	Penances and Renunciation are the duties of Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.22.937	Neither Renunciation, nor Sacrifice, nor Penances, nor dependence on the wealth of others, O ruler of men, has been ordained for Kshatriyas.
Mbh.12.25.1145	To be engaged in battle has been said to be the Sacrifice for a king; a due observance of the science of chastisement is his Yoga; and the gift of wealth in sacrifices in the form of Dakshina is his Renunciation.
Mbh.12.160.9535	Similarly, Renunciation constitutes the highest penance.
Mbh.12.161.9578	Renunciation can never be acquired except by one who is divested of anger and malice.
Mbh.12.175.10562	Without Renunciation one can never attain to happiness.
Mbh.12.175.10563	Without Renunciation one can never obtain what is for one's highest good.
Mbh.12.175.10564	Without Renunciation one can never sleep at case.
Mbh.12.175.10567	For this reason, I regard Renunciation to be the foremost of things
Mbh.12.176.10653	Having adopted Renunciation in consequence of loss of my property, I can now rest, freed from every kind of fever.
Mbh.12.188.11300	A Brahmana can easily attain to Brahma by the path of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.195.11725	Amongst these, in the former, which is otherwise called the Vedanta, Renunciation has been preached with respect to silent recitation.
Mbh.12.209.12675	He is Truth, Knowledge, Sacrifice, Renunciation, Self-restraint, and Righteousness.
Mbh.12.215.13018	That yogin who in consequence of desire covets any of the divine attributes of Knowledge or Renunciation, etc
Mbh.12.218.13246	In this connection there exists the unrivalled branch of knowledge which treats of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.218.13250	Renunciation of acts is laid down for all persons who strive earnestly for Emancipation.
Mbh.12.218.13255	Renunciation, however, of everything, is the highest kind of renunciation.
Mbh.12.243.15016	The fourth is the mode called Renunciation based upon the Upanishads.
Mbh.12.243.15025	When the fourth or last part of life is reached, and when one is weakened by decrepitude and afflicted by disease, one should abandon the forest mode of life for the fourth mode called Renunciation.
Mbh.12.243.15029	In case he fails to attain to complete Renunciation he should always perform such sacrifices and rites as are completed in a single day
Mbh.12.244.15047	Having subdued all faults of the mind and of heart by easy means in the practice of the first three modes of life viz, pupilage, domesticity, and seclusion one should pass into the most excellent and the most eminent of all the modes, viz, Sannyasa or Renunciation.
Mbh.12.250.15356	Renunciation hath happiness for its recondite object.
Mbh.12.262.15967	Since Renunciation hath such merit, it is for that reason that I have kept it before my eyes in speaking to thee
Mbh.12.262.15970	By properly reverencing, however, the duties that appertain to Renunciation, one is sure of attaining to Brahma
Mbh.12.264.16049	Living in the vicinity of an inhabited place and injuring oneself to the observance of rigid vows, and disregarding the fruits indicated of Vedic acts, one should give up domesticity, adopting a life of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.268.16368	They have, in their own understandings, arrived at settled conclusions in respect of all destructible objects and of a life of Renunciation by comparing the two together.
Mbh.12.268.16372	Syumarasmi said, If, indeed, that be the highest object of acquisition, if that be truly the highest end which is attained by practising Renunciation then the importance of the domestic mode of life becomes manifest, because without the domestic mode no other mode of life ever becomes possible.
Mbh.12.268.16441	Renunciation of acts, again, is productive of great benefit.
Mbh.12.268.16479	Syumarasmi said, O Brahmana, all that I have said about the laudable character of acts and the opposite character of Renunciation is strictly conformable to the scriptures.
Mbh.12.269.16550	In consequence of contentment or Renunciation they have all attained to Infinity as the Vedas declare.
Mbh.12.269.16558	One whose soul is for Renunciation based upon contentment is regarded as the refuge of true knowledge.
Mbh.12.269.16559	Renunciation, in which is that knowledge which leads to Emancipation, and which is highly necessary for a Brahmana, is eternal and comes down from preceptor to pupil for ever and ever
Mbh.12.269.16560	Renunciation sometimes exists mixed with the duties of other modes.
Mbh.12.269.16562	Renunciation is the cause of supreme benefit unto every kind of person.
Mbh.12.269.16565	Syumarasmi said, Amongst those that are given up to enjoyment of property, they that make gifts, they that perform sacrifices, they that devote themselves to the study of the Vedas, and they that betake themselves to a life of Renunciation after having acquired and enjoyed wealth and all its pleasures, when they depart from this world, who is it that attains to the foremost place in heaven?
Mbh.12.269.16569	They are unable, however, to enjoy the felicity that attaches to Renunciation.
Mbh.12.269.16590	This truth rests upon all the Vedas, viz, that when complete Renunciation takes place one obtains what is sufficient.
Mbh.12.272.16727	SECTION CCLXXIII Yudhishthira said, By what means doth a man become sinful, by what doth he achieve virtue, by what doth he attain to Renunciation, and by what doth he win Emancipation'
Mbh.12.272.16730	Listen now to Emancipation, and Renunciation, and Sin, and Virtue to their very roots.
Mbh.12.272.16759	Without being contented with such visible fruits of virtue he betakes himself to Renunciation, led on by the eye of knowledge.
Mbh.12.272.16763	Gradually abandoning all sinful acts he betakes himself to Renunciation, and becoming righteous-souled succeeds at last in attaining to Emancipation.
Mbh.12.272.16764	I have now told thee, O son, of that about which thou hadst asked me, viz, the topics of Sin, Righteousness, Renunciation, and Emancipation, O Bharata!
Mbh.12.273.16795	The avoidance of ignorance by listening to and studying the scriptures, the absence of attachment in consequence of Renunciation freedom from desire and wrath by adoption of contentment and forgiveness, the puissance that is won by Yoga, the absence of pride and haughtiness, freedom from anxiety by subjugation of every kind of fear, absence of attachment of anything like home and family, these constitute the path of Emancipation.
Mbh.12.276.16952	He whose words and thoughts are always well-restrained, he who has Penances and Renunciation, and Yoga, is sure to attain to everything through these.
Mbh.12.276.16956	There is no happiness equal to Renunciation.
Mbh.12.277.16966	Retiring from one's home, regarding gain and loss in the same light, restraining the senses, and disregarding all objects of desire even when they are ready for enjoyment, one should adopt a life of Renunciation
Mbh.12.277.16996	He should be always gratified, well-contented, of cheerful face and cheerful senses, fearless, always engaged in mental recitation of sacred mantras, silent, and wedded to a life of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.277.17009	To those that are wise such a life of Renunciation is the means for the attainment of Emancipation.
Mbh.12.278.17016	Alas, when shall we adopt a life of Renunciation that is destructive of sorrow
Mbh.12.279.17155	At last when his sins are exhausted in consequence of his having endured all the misery they are capable of bringing, his mind, casting off all attachments, cherishes Renunciation
Mbh.12.284.17811	I bow repeatedly unto them that dwell in the space amidst the Sun and the Moon, as also in rays of the Sun and the Moon, and them that dwell in the nether regions, and them that have betaken themselves to Renunciation and other superior practices for the sake of the Supreme
Mbh.12.291.18255	That foolish man who does not succeed in betaking himself to Renunciation in this world becomes afflicted with great grief when he departs to the next world
Mbh.12.295.18425	Even those that are destitute of true knowledge win Renunciation as the consequence of their penances
Mbh.12.296.18495	Compassion, abstention from injury, heedfulness, giving to others what is due to them, Sraddhas in honour of deceased ancestors, hospitality to guests, truthfulness, subjugation of wrath, contentedness with one's own wedded wives, purity both internal and external, freedom from malice, knowledge of Self, and Renunciation, these duties, O king, are common to all the orders.
Mbh.12.298.18634	Renunciation is said to constitute the Few and that is productive of the soul's happiness
Mbh.12.298.18657	Renunciation which is identical with Few is productive of the soul's benefit
Mbh.12.299.18726	That person whose speech and mind are properly restrained and always devoted to the Supreme, succeeds in attaining to the fruits of the Vedas, Penances, and Renunciation.
Mbh.12.301.18915	Renunciation of company constitutes the high refuge of those that seek to cross it.
Mbh.12.320.20025	He was devoted to the practices of the religion of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.320.20062	Renunciation of all kinds of attachments is the highest means prescribed for Emancipation.
Mbh.12.320.20063	It is from Knowledge that Renunciation, by which one becomes freed is said to flow.
Mbh.12.320.20100	The bonds constituted by kingdom and affluence, and the bondage to attachments, I have cut off with the sword of Renunciation whetted on the stone of the scriptures bearing upon Emancipation.
Mbh.12.320.20349	I practise no hypocrisy in the matter of the life of Renunciation.
Mbh.12.321.20366	SECTION CCCXXII Yudhishthira said, How was Suka, the son of Vyasa, in days of old, won over to Renunciation?
Mbh.12.355.23675	Indeed, both of them passed the night happily, conversing cheerfully with each other on the subject of the duties of the fourth mode of life, viz, Sannyasa Renunciation.
Mbh.13.10.592	It behoveth thee, O illustrious one, to discourse to me on those duties and introduce me by performing the rites of initiation into a life of Renunciation.
Mbh.13.10.596	The Kulapati said, It is impossible that a Sudra should live here adopting the marks specially intended for those practising lives of Renunciation.
Mbh.13.22.3241	Righteousness consists in keeping within boundaries or in self-restraint, the best indication of Righteousness is Renunciation which is also the highest kind of purity
Mbh.13.93.8245	Renunciation, however, is regarded as the best of penances.
Mbh.13.120.10614	As the Vedas when well-studied, as the restraining of the senses, as a life of universal Renunciation, even so is gift which is fraught with very superior merit.
Mbh.13.149.12533	He that is Himself immobile and in whom all things rest for ever; He that is an object of proof; He that is the Indestructible and unchanging seed; He that is sought by all in consequence of His being happiness; He that has no desire in consequence of all His desires having been gratified; He that is the great cause which covers the universe: He that has all sorts of things to enjoy; He that has great wealth wherewith to secure all objects of desire CDXXVI, CDXXXIV; He that is above despair; He that exists in the form of Renunciation; He that is without birth; He that is the stake unto which Righteousness is tethered; He that is the great embodiment of sacrifice; He who is the nave of the starry wheel that revolves in the firmament He that is the Moon among the constellations; He that is competent to achieve every feat; He that stays in His own soul when all things disappear He that cherishes the desire for Creation CDXXXV, CDXLIV; He that is the embodiment of all sacrifices; He that is adored in all sacrifices and religious rites; He that is the most adorable of the deities present in the sacrifices that men perform; He that is the embodiment of all such sacrifices in which animals are offered up according to the ordinance; He that is adored by persons before they take any food He that is the Refuge of those that seek emancipation; He that beholds the acts and omissions of all creatures; He whose soul transcends all attributes; He that is possessed of omniscience; He that is identical with knowledge that is unacquired, unlimited, and capable of accomplishing everything CDXLV, CDLIV; He that is observant of excellent vows chief amongst which is the granting of favour unto one that solicits it with a pure heart; He that has a face always full of delight; He that is exceedingly subtle; He that utters the most agreeable sounds in the form of the Veda or as Krishna playing on the lute; He that gives happiness to all His worshippers; He that does good to others without expecting any return; He that fills all creatures with delight; He that has subdued wrath; He that has mighty arms so mighty that He has slain as if in sport the mightiest of Asuras; He that tears those that are unrighteous CDLV, CDLXIV; He that causes those persons who are destitute of knowledge of the soul to be steeped in the deep sleep of His illusion; He that relies on Himself being entirely independent of all persons and things; He that overspreads the entire universe; He that exists in infinite forms; He that is engaged in vocations infinite in number; He that lives in everything; He that is full of affection towards all His worshippers; He that is the universal father all living creatures of the universe being as calves sprung from Him; He that holds, in the form of the vast Ocean, all jewels and gems in His abdomen, He that is the Lord of all treasures CDLXV, CDLXXIV; He that is the protector of righteousness; He that accomplishes all the duties of righteousness; He that is the substratum of righteousness; He that is existent for all time; He that is non-existent in the form of the universe, for the manifested universe is the result of illusion; He that is destructible in the form of the universe; He that is indestructible as Chit; He that is, in the form of Jiva, destitute of true knowledge; He that is, in the form of the Sun, is endued with a thousand rays; He that ordains even all such great and mighty creatures as Sesha and Garuda, etc;
Mbh.13.149.12536	He that is the foremost Refuge of all things DLIX, DLXVIII; He that is armed with the best of bows called Saranga; He that was divested of His battle-axe by Rama of Bhrigu's race He that is fierce; He that is the giver of all objects of desire; He that is so tall as to touch the very heavens with his head in allusion to the form He assumed at Valis sacrifice; He whose vision extends over the entire universe; He that is Vyasa who distributed the Vedas; He that is the Master of speech or all learning; He that has started into existence without the intervention of genital organs DLXVIII, DLXXVI; He that is hymned with the three foremost Samans; He that is the singer of the Samans; He that is the Extinction of all worldly attachments in consequence of His being the embodiment of Renunciation; He that is the Medicine; He that is the Physician who applies the medicine; He that has ordained the fourth or last mode of life called renunciation for enabling His creatures to attain to emancipation; He that causes the passions of His worshippers to be quieted with a view to give them tranquillity of soul; He that is contented in consequence of His utter dissociation with all worldly objects; He that is the Refuge of devotion and tranquillity of Soul DLXXVII, DLXXXV; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He that is the giver of tranquillity of soul; He that is Creator; He that sports in joy on the bosom of the earth; He that sleeps in Yoga lying on the body of the prince of snakes, Sesha, after the universal dissolution; the Benefactor of kine; or, He that took a human form for relieving the earth of the weight of her population; the Master of the universe; the Protector of the universe; He that is endued with eyes like those of the bull; He that cherishes Righteousness with love DLXXXVI, DXCV: He that is the unreturning hero; He whose soul has been withdrawn from all attachments; He that reduces to a subtle form the universe at the time of the universal dissolution; He that does good to His afflicted worshippers; He whose name, as soon as heard, cleanses the hearer of all his sins; He who has the auspicious whorl on His breast; He in whom dwells the goddess of Prosperity for ever; He who was chosen by Lakshmi the goddess of Prosperity as her Lord; He that is the foremost one of all Beings endued with prosperity DXCVI, DCIV; He that give prosperity unto His worshippers; the Master of prosperity; He that always lives with those that are endued with prosperity; He that is the receptacle of all kinds of prosperity; He that gives prosperity unto all persons of righteous acts according to the measure of their righteousness; He that holds the goddess of Prosperity on his bosom; He that bestows prosperity upon those that hear of, praise, and mediate on Him; He that is the embodiment of that condition which represents the attainment of unattainable happiness; He that is possessed of every kind of beauty; He that is the Refuge of the three worlds DCV, DCXIV; He that is possessed of beautiful eye; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He that is possessed of a hundred sources of delight; He that represents the highest delight; He that is the Master of all the luminaries in the firmament for it is He that maintains them in their places and orbits; He that has subjugated His soul; He whose soul is not swayed by any superior Being; He that is always of beautiful acts; He whose doubts have all been dispelled for He is said to behold the whole universe as an Amlaka in His palm DCXV, DCXXIII; He that transcends all creatures; He whose vision extends in all directions: He that has no Master; He that at all times transcends all changes; He that in the form of Rama had to lie down on that bare ground; He that adorns the earth by His incarnations; He that is puissance's self; He that transcends all grief; He that dispels the griefs of all His worshippers as soon as they remember His DCXXIV, DCXXXII; He that is possessed of effulgence, He that is worshipped by all; He that is the water-pot as all things reside within Him; He that is of pure soul; He that cleanses all as soon as they hear of him; He that is free and unrestrained; He whose car never turns away from battles; He that is possessed of great wealth; He whose prowess is incapable of being measured DCXXXIII, DCXLI; He that is the slayer of the Asura named Kalanemi; He that is the Hero; He that has taken birth in the race of Sura; He that is the Lord of all the deities; the soul of the three worlds; the Master of the three worlds; He that has the solar and lunar rays for his hair; the slayer of Kesi; He that destroys all things at the universal dissolution DCXLII, DCL; the Deity from whom the fruition of all desires is sought; He that grants the wishes of all; He that has desires; He that has a handsome form; He that is endued with thorough knowledge of Srutis and Smritis; He that is possessed of a form that is indescribable by attributes; He whose brightest rays overwhelm heaven; He that has no end; He that in the form of Arjuna or Nara acquired vast wealth on the occasion of his campaign of conquest DCLI, DCLX; He who is the foremost object of silent recitation, of sacrifice, of the Vedas, and of all religious acts; He that is the creator of penances and the like; He that is the form of the grandsire Brahman, He that is the augmentor of penances; He that is conversant with Brahma; He that is of the form of Brahmana; He that has for His limbs Him that is called Brahma; He that knows all the Vedas and everything in the universe; He that is always fond of Brahmanas and of whom the Brahmanas also are fond DCLXI, DCLXX; He whose footsteps cover vast areas; He whose feats are mighty; He who is possessed of vast energy; He that is identical with Vasuki, the king of the snakes; He that is the foremost of all sacrifices; He that is Japa, that first of sacrifices; He that is the foremost of all offerings made in sacrifices DCLXXI, DCLXXVIII He that is hymned by all; He that loves to be hymned by his worshippers; He that is himself the hymns uttered by His worshippers; He that is the very act of hymning; He that is the person that hymns; He that is fond of battling with everything that is evil; He that is full in every respect; He that fills others with every kind of affluence; He that destroys all sins as soon as He is remembered; He whose acts are all righteous; He that transcends all kinds of disease DCLXXIX, DCLXXXIX; He that is endued with the speed of the mind; He that is the creator and promulgator of all kinds of learning; He whose vital seed is gold; He that is giver of wealth being identical with Kuvera the Lord of treasures; He that takes away all the wealth of the Asuras; the son of Vasudeva; He in whom all creatures dwell; He whose mind dwells in all things in thorough identity with them; He that takes away the sins of all who seek refuge in him DCXC, DCXCVIII; He that is attainable by the righteous; He whose acts are always good; He that is the one entity in the universe; He that displays Himself in diverse forms; He that is the refuge of all those that are conversant with truth; He who has the greatest of heroes for his troops He that is the foremost of the Yadavas; He that is the abode of the righteous He that sports in joy in the woods of Brinda on the banks of Yamuna DCXCIX, DCCVVII; He in whom all created things dwell; the deity that overwhelms the universe with His Maya illusion; He in whom all foremost of Beings become merged when they achieve their emancipation He whose hunger is never gratified; He that humbles the pride of all; He that fills the righteous with just pride; He that swells with joy; He that is incapable of being seized; He that has never been vanquished DCCVII, DCCXVI; He that is of universal form; He that is of vast form; He whose form blazes forth with energy and effulgence; He that is without form as determined by acts; He that is of diverse forms; He that is unmanifest; He that is of a hundred forms; He that is of a hundred faces DCCXVII, DCCXXIV; He that is one; He that is many through illusion; He that is full of felicity; He that forms the one grand topic of investigation; He from whom is this all; He that is called THAT; He that is the highest Refuge; He that confines Jiva within material causes; He that is coveted by all; He that took birth in the race of Madhu; He that is exceedingly affectionate towards His worshippers DCCXXV, DCCXXXV; He that is of golden complexion; He whose limbs are like gold in hue; He that is possessed of beautiful limbs; He whose person is decked with Angadas made with sandal-paste; He that is the slayer of heroes; He that has no equal; He that is like cipher in consequence of no attributes being affirmable of Him; He that stands in need of no blessings in consequence of His fulness; He that never swerves from His own nature and puissance and knowledge; He that is mobile in the form of wind DCCXXXVI, DCCXLV; He that never identifies Himself with anything that is not-soul He that confers honours on His worshippers; He that is honoured by all; He that is the Lord of the three worlds; He that upholds the three worlds; He that is possessed of intelligence and memory capable of holding in His mind the contents of all treatises; He that took birth in a sacrifice; He that is worthy of the highest praise; He whose intelligence and memory are never futile; He that upholds the earth DCCXLVI, DCCLV; He that pours forth heat in the form of the Sun; He that is the bearer of great beauty of limbs; He that is the foremost of all bearers of weapons; He that accepts the flowery and leafy offerings made to Him by His worshippers; He that has subdued all his passions and grinds all His foes; He that has none to walk before Him; He that has four horns; He that is the elder brother of Gada DCCLVI, DCCLXIV; He that has four arms; He from whom the four Purushas have sprung; He that is the refuge of the four modes of life and the four orders of men; He that is of four souls Mind, Understanding, Consciousness, and Memory; He from whom spring the four objects of life, viz, Righteousness, Wealth, Pleasure, and Emancipation; He that is conversant with the four Vedas; He that has displayed only a fraction of His puissance DCCLXV, DCCLXXII; He that sets the wheel of the world to revolve round and round; He whose soul is dissociated from all worldly attachments; He that is incapable of being vanquished; He that cannot be transcended; He that is exceedingly difficult of being attained; He that is difficult of being approached; He that is difficult of access; He that is difficult of being brought within the heart by even Yogins; He that slays even the most powerful foes among the Danavas DCCLXXIII, DCCLXXXI; He that has beautiful limbs; He that takes the essence of all things in the universe; He that owns the most beautiful warp and woof for weaving this texture of fabric of the universe; He that weaves with ever-extending warp and woof; He whose acts are done by Indra; He whose acts are great; He who has no acts undone; He who has composed all the Vedas and scriptures DCCLXXXII, DCCLXXXIX; He whose birth is high; He that is exceedingly handsome; He whose heart is full of commiseration; He that has precious gems in His navel; He that has excellent knowledge for His eye; He that is worthy of worship by Brahman himself and other foremost ones in the universe; He that is giver of food; He that assumed horns at the time of the universal dissolution; He that has always subjugated His foes most wonderfully; He that knows all things; He that is ever victorious over those that are of irresistible prowess DCCXC, DCCXCIX; He whose limbs are like gold; He that is incapable of being agitated by wrath or aversion or other passion; He that is Master of all those who are masters of all speech; He that is the deepest lake; He that is the deepest pit; He that transcends the influence of Time; He in whom the primal elements are established DCCC, DCCCVI; He that gladdens the earth; He that grants fruits which are as agreeable as the Kunda flowers Jasmim pubescens, Linn; He that gave away the earth unto Kasyapa in His incarnation as Rama; He that extinguishes the three kinds of misery mentioned in the Sankhya philosophy like a rain-charged cloud cooling the heat of the earth by its downpour; He that cleanses all creatures; He that has none to urge Him; He that drank nectar; He that has an undying body; He that is possessed of omniscience; He that has face and eyes turned towards every direction DCCCVIII, DCCCXVI; He that is easily won with, that is, such gifts as consist of flowers and leaves; He that has performed excellent vows; He that is crowned with success by Himself; He that is victorious over all foes; He that scorches all foes; He that is the ever-growing and tall Banian that overtops all other trees; He that is the sacred fig tree Ficus glomerata, Willd; He that is the Ficus religiosa; or, He that is not durable, in consequence of His being all perishable forms in the universe even as he is all the imperishable forms that exist; He that is the slayer of Chanura of the Andhra country DCCCXVII, DCCCXXV; He that is endued with a thousand rays; He that has seven tongues in the forms of Kali, Karali, etc;
Mbh.14.47.1992	The ancients who were utterers of certain truth, say that Renunciation is penance.
Mbh.14.47.2002	Renunciation is the best penance.
Mbh.17.1.49	Setting themselves on Yoga, those high-souled ones, resolved to observe the religion of Renunciation, traversed through various countries and reached diverse rivers and seas.

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