सर्वभक्षा द्विजा वृत्त्यै धृतविद्यातपोव्रता: । वित्तदेहेन्द्रियारामा याचका विचरन्त्विह ॥ २६ ॥
sarva-bhaksa dvija vrttyai dhrta-vidya-tapo-vratah vitta-dehendriyarama yacaka vicarantv iha
- sarva-bhaksah
- eating everything
- dvijah
- the brahmanas
- vrttyai
- for maintaining the body
- dhrta-vidya
- having taken to education
- tapah
- austerity
- vratah
- and vows
- vitta
- money
- deha
- the body
- indriya
- the senses
- aramah
- the satisfaction
- yacakah
- as beggars
- vicarantu
- let them wander
- iha
- here.
These brahmanas take to education, austerity and vows only for the purpose of maintaining the body. They shall be devoid of discrimination between what to eat and what not to eat. They will acquire money, begging from door to door, simply for the satisfaction of the body.