One may enter the vanaprastha order of life with his wife, but the vanaprastha order means complete retirement from household life. Although King Yuvanasva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son
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"One may enter the vanaprastha order of life with his wife, but the vanaprastha order means complete retirement from household life. Although King Yuvanasva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 9
Although Yuvanāśva went into the forest with his one hundred wives, all of them were very morose. The sages in the forest, however, being very kind to the King, began very carefully and attentively performing an Indra-yajña so that the King might have a son.
One may enter the vānaprastha order of life with his wife, but the vānaprastha order means complete retirement from household life. Although King Yuvanāśva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son.
- One May
- Enter
- Vanaprastha
- Orders of Life
- With
- Wife
- Spiritual Orders (Asramas)
- Meaning of Sanskrit Words
- Complete
- Retiring from Family Life
- Householder
- Although
- Yuvanasva
- Family Life
- Were
- Always
- Morose
- Because
- Have No
- Son
- Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 09 Chapter 06 - The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
- Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 09 Purports
| Page Title: | One may enter the vanaprastha order of life with his wife, but the vanaprastha order means complete retirement from household life. Although King Yuvanasva retired from family life, he and his wives were always morose because he had no son |
| Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas |
| Created: | 05 of Dec, 2012 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 1 |