बिभृयाद् यद्यसौ वास: कौपीनाच्छादनं परम् । त्यक्तं न लिङ्गाद् दण्डादेरन्यत् किञ्चिदनापदि ॥ २ ॥
bibhryad yady asau vasah kaupinacchadanam param tyaktam na lingad dandader anyat kincid anapadi
- bibhryat
- one should use
- yadi
- if
- asau
- a person in the renounced order
- vasah
- a garment or covering
- kaupina
- a loincloth (just to cover the private parts)
- acchadanam
- for covering
- param
- that much only
- tyaktam
- given up
- na
- not
- lingat
- than the distinguishing marks of a sannyasi
- danda-adeh
- like the rod (tridanda)
- anyat
- other
- kincit
- anything
- anapadi
- in ordinary undisturbed times.
A person in the renounced order of life may try to avoid even a dress to cover himself. If he wears anything at all, it should be only a loincloth, and when there is no necessity, a sannyasi should not even accept a danda. A sannyasi should avoid carrying anything but a danda and kamandalu.