यै: स्वदेह: स्मृतोऽनात्मा मर्त्यो विट्कृमिभस्मवत् । त एनमात्मसात्कृत्वा श्लाघयन्ति ह्यसत्तमा: ॥ ३७ ॥
yaih sva-dehah smrto ’natma martyo vit-krmi-bhasmavat ta enam atmasat krtva slaghayanti hy asattamah
- yaih
- by sannyasis who
- sva-dehah
- own body
- smrtah
- consider
- anatma
- different from the soul
- martyah
- subjected to death
- vit
- becoming stool
- krmi
- worms
- bhasma-vat
- or ashes
- te
- such persons
- enam
- this body
- atmasat krtva
- again identifying with the self
- slaghayanti
- glorify as very important
- hi
- indeed
- asat-tamah
- the greatest rascals.
Sannyasis who first consider that the body is subject to death, when it will be transformed into stool, worms or ashes, but who again give importance to the body and glorify it as the self, are to be considered the greatest rascals.