लोके व्यवायामिषमद्यसेवा नित्या हि जन्तोर्न हि तत्र चोदना । व्यवस्थितिस्तेषु विवाहयज्ञ- सुराग्रहैरासु निवृत्तिरिष्टा ॥ ११ ॥
loke vyavāyāmiṣa-madya-sevā nityā hi jantor na hi tatra codanā vyavasthitis teṣu vivāha-yajña surā-grahair āsu nivṛttir iṣṭā
- loke
- in the material world
- vyavāya
- sex indulgence
- āmiṣa
- of meat
- madya
- and liquor
- sevāḥ
- the taking
- nityāḥ
- always found
- hi
- indeed
- jantoḥ
- in the conditioned living being
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- tatra
- in regard to them
- codanā
- any command of scripture
- vyavasthitiḥ
- the prescribed arrangement
- teṣu
- in these
- vivāha
- by sacred marriage
- yajña
- the offering of sacrifice
- surā-grahaiḥ
- and the acceptance of ritual cups of wine
- āsu
- of these
- nivṛttiḥ
- cessation
- iṣṭā
- is the desired end
In this material world the conditioned soul is always inclined to sex, meat-eating and intoxication. Therefore religious scriptures never actually encourage such activities. Although the scriptural injunctions provide for sex through sacred marriage, for meat-eating through sacrificial offerings and for intoxication through the acceptance of ritual cups of wine, such ceremonies are meant for the ultimate purpose of renunciation.