Sumadhva Vijaya 4.23
yadA viraktaH puruShaH prajAyate
tadaiva sannyAsavidhiH shrutau shrutaH .
na sa~NgahIno.api parivrajAmi vA-
mahaM tu shushrUShumakalpayanniti ..23..
padacChedaH:
yadA viraktaH puruShaH prajAyate tadA eva sannyAsavidhiH shrutau shrutaH .
na sa~NgahInaH api parivrajAmi vAM ahaM tu shushrUShuM akalpayan iti ..
anvayaH:
puruShaH yadA viraktaH prajAyate tadA eva sannyAsavidhiH shrutau shrutaH ahaM tu sa~NgahInaH api vAM shushrUShuM akalpayan [san] na parivrajAmi iti [abravIt] ..
anvayArthaH:
puruShaH = A man; yadA = when; viraktaH = detached; prajAyate = becomes; tadA = then; eva = only; sannyAsavidhiH = taking up of sanyAsa; shrutau = in the Vedas; shrutaH = ordained; ahaM = me; tu = but; sa~NgahInaH = detached; api = though; vAM = for you two; shushrUShuM = some one to serve; akalpayan san = provide; na = do not; parivrajAmi = accept saint-hood; iti = thus; abravIt = spoke.
Summary:
vAsudeva said - The Vedas ordain “One should accept saint-hood the moment one becomes detached”. But, though I am free from all attachments, I will not accept saint-hood until I provide someone (a brother) to serve you.
Note: The all-knowing vAsudeva, the incarnation of vAyu, foretells his father that a son will be born in due course of time who will take care of the responsibility of looking after his parents. Till that time, he would not accept saint-hood, though he is completely detached from all worldly affairs.
