Vanaprastha

Vanaprastha means "giving up worldly life". It represents the third of four ashrama (stages) of human life, the other three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student, 1st stage), Grihastha (married householder, 2nd stage) and Sannyasa (renunciation ascetic, 4th stage).

Quotes

 * After crossing the age of fifty, one should emphasise the spiritual aspect of man's life. ... The Vanaprastha now ceases to be a mere family-man. He becomes a 'society-man'. The boundaries of family expand. The whole society or nation should now become his family. Thus, gradually, he becomes a global man or a universal man.
 * Sahebrao Genu Nigal, Axiological Approach to the Vedas (1986), p. 112