य: प्रव्रज्य गृहात्पूर्वं त्रिवर्गावपनात्पुन: । यदि सेवेत तान्भिक्षु: स वै वान्ताश्यपत्रप: ॥ ३६ ॥
yah pravrajya grhat purvam tri-vargavapanat punah yadi seveta tan bhiksuh sa vai vantasy apatrapah
- yah
- one who
- pravrajya
- being finished for good and leaving for the forest (being situated in transcendental bliss)
- grhat
- from home
- purvam
- at first
- tri-varga
- the three principles of religion, economic development and sense gratification
- avapanat
- from the field in which they are sown
- punah
- again
- yadi
- if
- seveta
- should accept
- tan
- materialistic activities
- bhiksuh
- a person who has accepted the sannyasa order
- sah
- that person
- vai
- indeed
- vanta-asi
- one who eats his own vomit
- apatrapah
- without shame
One who accepts the sannyasa order gives up the three principles of materialistic activities in which one indulges in the field of household life—namely religion, economic development and sense gratification. One who first accepts sannyasa but then returns to such materialistic activities is to be called a vantasi, or one who eats his own vomit. He is indeed a shameless person.