शक्त्या निर्मोकतः स्वाद्बहिरहिरिव यः प्रव्रजन्स्वीयगेहा -च्छायां मार्गद्रुमोत्थां पथिक इव मनाक्संश्रयेद्देहसंस्थाम् ।क्षुत्पर्याप्तं तरुभ्यः पतितफलमयं प्रार्थयेद्भैक्षमन्नंस्वात्मारामं प्रवेष्टुं स खलु सुखमयं प्रव्रजेद्देहतोऽपि ॥ १७ ॥
In plain words
Like a snake slipping free of its old skin, he leaves his home behind. He uses the body lightly, as a traveler uses a roadside tree for a little shade, accepting only enough food to quiet hunger. To enter Svātmārāma, the bliss of resting in his own Ātma, he lets go even of bodily identity.
Close to the Sanskrit
Leaving his own home as a snake leaves its slough, as best he can, he relies on the body only briefly, like a traveler taking shade beneath a roadside tree. He seeks alms enough for hunger, like fruit fallen from trees. To enter Svātmārāma—the delight of his own Ātma—he indeed renounces even the body, full of happiness.