न वेदवादाननुवर्तते मति: स्व एव लोके रमतो महामुने: । यथा गतिर्देवमनुष्ययो: पृथक् स्व एव धर्मे न परं क्षिपेत्स्थित: ॥ १९ ॥
na veda-vadan anuvartate matih sva eva loke ramato maha-muneh yatha gatir deva-manusyayoh prthak sva eva dharme na param ksipet sthitah
- na
- not
- veda-vadan
- rules and regulations of the Vedas
- anuvartate
- follow
- matih
- the mind
- sve
- in his own
- eva
- certainly
- loke
- in the self
- ramatah
- enjoying
- maha-muneh
- of elevated transcendentalists
- yatha
- as
- gatih
- the way
- deva-manusyayoh
- of the men and the demigods
- prthak
- separately
- sve
- in your own
- eva
- alone
- dharme
- occupational duty
- na
- not
- param
- another
- ksipet
- should criticize
- sthitah
- being situated
It is better to execute one’s own occupational duty than to criticize others’. Elevated transcendentalists may sometimes forgo the rules and regulations of the Vedas, since they do not need to follow them, just as the demigods travel in space whereas ordinary men travel on the surface of the earth.