yadā pākhaṇḍibhir ātma-vañcitais tair uru vañcito brahma-kulaṁ samāvasaṁs teṣāṁ śīlam upanayanādi-śrauta-smārta-karmānuṣṭhā-nena bhagavato yajña-puruṣasyārādhanam eva tad arocayan śūdra-kulaṁ bhajate nigamācāre ’śuddhito yasya mithunī-bhāvaḥ kuṭumba-bharaṇaṁ yathā vānara-jāteḥ.
Synonyms
yadā — when; pākhaṇḍibhiḥ — by pāṣaṇḍīs (godless atheists); ātma-vañcitaiḥ — who themselves are cheated; taiḥ — by them; uru — more and more; vañcitaḥ — being cheated; brahma-kulam — the bona fide brāhmaṇas strictly following the Vedic culture; samāvasan — settling among them to advance spiritually; teṣām — of them (the brāhmaṇas who strictly follow Vedic principles); śīlam — the good character; upanayana-ādi — beginning with offering the sacred thread or training the conditioned soul to qualify as a bona fide brāhmaṇa; śrauta — according to the Vedic principles; smārta — according to the authorized scriptures derived from the Vedas; karma-anuṣṭhānena — the performance of activities; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajña-puruṣasya — who is worshiped by Vedic ritualistic ceremonies; ārādhanam — the process of worshiping Him; eva — certainly; tat arocayan — not finding pleasure in it due to its being difficult for unscrupulous persons to perform; śūdra-kulam — the society of śūdras; bhajate — he turns to; nigama-ācāre — in behaving according to Vedic principles; aśuddhitaḥ — not purified; yasya — of whom; mithunī-bhāvaḥ — sex enjoyment or the materialistic way of life; kuṭumba-bharaṇam — the maintenance of the family; yathā — as it is; vānara-jāteḥ — of the society of monkeys, or the descendants of the monkey.
Translation
The pseudo svāmīs, yogīs and incarnations who do not believe in the Supreme Personality of Godhead are known as pāṣaṇḍīs. They themselves are fallen and cheated because they do not know the real path of spiritual advancement, and whoever goes to them is certainly cheated in his turn. When one is thus cheated, he sometimes takes shelter of the real followers of Vedic principles [brāhmaṇas or those in Kṛṣṇa consciousness], who teach everyone how to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the Vedic rituals. However, being unable to stick to these principles, these rascals again fall down and take shelter among śūdras who are very expert in making arrangements for sex indulgence. Sex is very prominent among animals like monkeys, and such people who are enlivened by sex may be called descendants of monkeys.
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