Chaturthasrama caturthasrama (Sanskrit) The fourth stage of sannyasa, complete renunciation of the world. (BCW 2:118)

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Great Sacrifice, Renunciation. See WATCHER; WONDROUS BEING

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yukta-vairagya

real renunciation by utilizing everything in the service of God.

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Bhagwan: One endowed with spiritual power, righteousness, knowledge, and renunciation. A term and title of great honor.

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Swami: Title given to a monk; a swami is a monk who has taken vows of renunciation and of service to God and humanity.

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Yukta-vairagya - appropriate renunciation; renunciation which is suitable for entrance into bhakti. This is defined in Bhakti-rasamrtasindhu (1.2.255): "When one is detached from material sense enjoyment, but accepts in appropriate proportion objects which are favorable to one’s bhakti, and shows special inclination toward things which are directly related to Krsna, such as mahaprasada, his renunciation is known as yukta-vairagya.” (See phalgu-vairagya with which this is contrasted.)

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Druva:

Druva (Dhruva). Grandson of Brahma and son of Uttanapadha; as a child, he performed severe penance and attained self-renunciation.

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avadhutha:

avadhutha (avadhuutha). One who is immersed in spiritual bliss, ever joyous, oblivious of the world; a renunciate.

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nish-kama-karma:

nish-kama-karma (-kaama-karma). Renunciation of the fruit of action.

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Sanyasa:

Sanyasa: renunciation of social ties; the last  stage of Hindu life, viz., the stage of spiritual meditation.

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Dhruva:

Dhruva (Maharaja): Grandson of Brahma and son of Uttanapada; as a child, at the age of five, he performed severe penance and attained self-renunciation (SSS-III).

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sarva-kriya-parithyaga:

sarva-kriya-parithyaga (-parithyaaga). Renunciation of all action.

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sannyasin/sannyasa:

person at the last of the four stages of life, the stage of the wandering ascetic, stage of life of renunciation and liberation

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Upeksha (Sanskrit). Lit., Renunciation. In Yoga a state of absolute indifference attained by self-control, the complete mastery over one’s mental and physical feelings and sensations.

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Bhagavan

The Personality of Godhead, who possesses in full the six opulences (bhagas) of perfection—strength, fame, beauty, knowledge, renunciation, and power to control.

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Nishkrama niskrama (Sanskrit) [from nis away from + the verbal root kram to go, set forth]

Going forth, hence leaving the worldly life; renunciation.

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Karmasannyasa Yoga (Sanskrit) The attaining of at-one-ment with the highest by means of renunciation of action for personal benefit, treated in the fifth chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita. An ascetic who seeks nothing for self and rejects nothing for self, who is free from the influence of the pairs of opposites, is thereby released from the bonds forged by action or karma; but renunciation of action and devotion through action are both means of final emancipation, and of the two, devotion through action or karma yoga is superior to renunciation. Thus it is better for the personal man to act, and if necessary to act strongly, for spiritual things and causes, than to renounce personal action of any kind and thereby sink into fruitless quietism.

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Phalgu-vairagya - futile renunciation; renunciation which is unfavorable to bhakti. This is defined in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.256): "When people who desire liberation give up objects which are related to Krsna, considering them to be material, their renunciation is known as phalgu-vairagya.”

Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained in his commentary that this especially refers to giving up prasada, or remnants of food and other articles offered to Him. This giving up of prasada is of two types: never requesting Krsna’s prasada, and refusing it when it comes unsolicited. The second one in particular is considered to be an offense and therefore unfavorable to bhakti.

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Tridanda:

Tridanda:The tridanda is a staff carried by vaishnava sannyasis symbolizing the threefold austerity of thought, speech and action. In all these three the renunciate is vowed to serve Vishnu. The staff consists of three sticks wrapped in saffron cloth with a small extra piece wrapped in at the top.

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Chanda Riddhi Pada (Sanskrit). "The step of desire", a term used in Raja Yoga. It is the final renunciation of all desire as a sine quanon condition of phenomenal powers, and entrance on the direct path of Nirvana.

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vanaprastha

A man or woman in the retired order of life, the third stage of spiritual progress in the varnashrama social system. In this order a married man leaves home and travels to the forest and holy places of pilgrimage, either with or without his wife, to prepare himself for full renunciation, sannyasa.

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Saubhari

A sage who while meditating under the water of the Yamuna saw a pair of fish mating and became sexually aroused. He then approached King Mandhata and begged from him the hand of his fifty daughters. After enjoying family life for some time, he revived his interest in renunciation.

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