न यतेराश्रम: प्रायो धर्महेतुर्महात्मन: । शान्तस्य समचित्तस्य बिभृयादुत वा त्यजेत् ॥ ९ ॥
na yater asramah prayo dharma-hetur mahatmanah santasya sama-cittasya bibhryad uta va tyajet
- na
- not
- yateh
- of the sannyasi
- asramah
- the symbolic dress (with danda and kamandalu)
- prayah
- almost always
- dharma-hetuh
- the cause of advancement in spiritual life
- maha-atmanah
- who is factually exalted and advanced
- santasya
- who is peaceful
- sama-cittasya
- who has attained the stage of being equipoised
- bibhryat
- one may accept (such symbolic signs)
- uta
- indeed
- va
- or
- tyajet
- one may give up.
A peaceful, equipoised person who is factually advanced in spiritual consciousness does not need to accept the symbols of a sannyasi, such as the tridanda and kamandalu. According to necessity, he may sometimes accept those symbols and sometimes reject them.