No doubt it helps a person if he takes to Sadhuhood or Sannyasahood with the permission
of his parents and other closely related ones; or else, it is likely to affect the interests of the
individual. But there is absolutely no harm if he takes to the Nivritti Marga or the path of
renunciation when there is a very high degree of Vairagya.
No man in the world is related to any other from the absolute metaphysical standpoint and
whatever relationship exists between one and the other is, after all, by dint of Karmas performed
previously. Human beings associate and dissociate themselves just as two pieces of wood in a
flowing river. When the time ripens, everything resolves itself into One. This makes it clear that
one is at liberty to take Sannyas at any desired moment without incurring any inequity, provided
one has the staunch Bhav that nobody is related to anybody in this world, and that everybody
stands by himself to seek his goal.

From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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