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At the end of their life, after transferring the kingdom to their grown-up sons, several kings of the Sūryavaṃśa chose to retire from the world and devoted their last years to asceticism and meditation. The verses of the  Raghuvaṃśa  describing these kings show considerable variation mainly along the lines of which  āśrama  (stage of life) the king enters at the end of his life. In many cases the commentators discuss these variants and argue pro and contra the availability of  saṃnyāsa  for people of royal status, thus participating in a larger mediaeval debate observable in texts on  dharmaśāstra . This paper takes into consideration former studies on the subject by Tsuchida, Olivelle and Goodall, and most importantly discusses both published and unpublished commentaries on the  Raghuvaṃśa , examining what authorities they quote to give support to their views on this  dharmaśāstric  issue, as well as the efforts they make to present the  Raghuvaṃśa  as being both internally consistent and in harmony with the teachings on  dharma  they consider valid.

Vṛddhekṣvākuvratam . The commentators’ interpretations of the passages describing the renunciation of kings in the Raghuvaṃśa