Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
गृहस्थस्य क्रियात्यागो व्रतत्यागो वटोरपि । तपस्विनो ग्रामसेवा भिक्षोरिन्द्रियलोलता ॥ ३८ ॥ आश्रमापसदा ह्येते खल्वाश्रमविडम्बना: । देवमायाविमूढांस्तानुपेक्षेतानुकम्पया ॥ ३९ ॥
Transliteration
gṛhasthasya kriyā-tyāgo vrata-tyāgo vaṭor api tapasvino grāma-sevā bhikṣor indriya-lolatāāśramāpasadā hy ete khalv āśrama-viḍambanāḥ deva-māyā-vimūḍhāṁs tān upekṣetānukampayā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
gṛhasthasya — for a person situated in householder life; kriyā-tyāgaḥ — to give up the duty of a householder; vrata-tyāgaḥ — to give up vows and austerity; vaṭoḥ — for a brahmacārī; api — also; tapasvinaḥ — for a vānaprastha, one who has adopted a life of austerities; grāma-sevā — to live in a village and serve the people therein; bhikṣoḥ — for a sannyāsī who lived by begging alms; indriya-lolatā — addicted to sense enjoyment; āśrama — of the spiritual orders of life; apasadāḥ — the most abominable; hi — indeed; ete — all these; khalu — indeed; āśrama-viḍambanāḥ — imitating and therefore cheating the different spiritual orders; deva-māyā-vimūḍhān — who are bewildered by the external energy of the Supreme Lord; tān — them; upekṣeta — one should reject and not accept as genuine; anukampayā — or by compassion (teach them real life).
Translation
“It is abominable for a person living in the gṛhastha-āśrama to give up the regulative principles, for a brahmacārī not to follow the brahmacārī vows while living under the care of the guru, for a vānaprastha to live in the village and engage in so-called social activities, or for a sannyāsī 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.”