गृहस्थस्य क्रियात्यागो व्रतत्यागो वटोरपि । तपस्विनो ग्रामसेवा भिक्षोरिन्द्रियलोलता ॥ ३८ ॥ आश्रमापसदा ह्येते खल्वाश्रमविडम्बना: । देवमायाविमूढांस्तानुपेक्षेतानुकम्पया ॥ ३९ ॥
grhasthasya kriya-tyago vrata-tyago vator api tapasvino grama-seva bhiksor indriya-lolata asramapasada hy ete khalv asrama-vidambanah deva-maya-vimudhams tan upeksetanukampaya
- grhasthasya
- for a person situated in householder life
- kriya-tyagah
- to give up the duty of a householder
- vrata-tyagah
- to give up vows and austerity
- vatoh
- for a brahmacari
- api
- also
- tapasvinah
- for a vanaprastha, one who has adopted a life of austerities
- grama-seva
- to live in a village and serve the people therein
- bhiksoh
- for a sannyasi who lived by begging alms
- indriya-lolata
- addicted to sense enjoyment
- asrama
- of the spiritual orders of life
- apasadah
- the most abominable
- hi
- indeed
- ete
- all these
- khalu
- indeed
- asrama-vidambanah
- imitating and therefore cheating the different spiritual orders
- deva-maya-vimudhan
- who are bewildered by the external energy of the Supreme Lord
- tan
- them
- upekseta
- one should reject and not accept as genuine
- anukampaya
- or by compassion (teach them real life)
It is abominable for a person living in the grhastha-asrama to give up the regulative principles, for a brahmacari not to follow the brahmacari vows while living under the care of the guru, for a vanaprastha to live in the village and engage in so-called social activities, or for a sannyasi to be addicted to sense gratification. One who acts in this way is to be considered the lowest renegade. Such a pretender is bewildered by the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and one should either reject him from any position, or taking compassion upon him, teach him, if possible, to resume his original position.