🪷 ŚB 7.13.9

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

न यतेराश्रम: प्रायो धर्महेतुर्महात्मन: । शान्तस्य समचित्तस्य बिभृयादुत वा त्यजेत् ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

na yater āśramaḥ prāyo dharma-hetur mahātmanaḥ śāntasya sama-cittasya bibhṛyād uta vā tyajet
Synonyms
na — not; yateḥ — of the sannyāsī; āśramaḥ — the symbolic dress (with daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu); prāyaḥ — almost always; dharma-hetuḥ — the cause of advancement in spiritual life; mahā-ātmanaḥ — who is factually exalted and advanced; śāntasya — who is peaceful; sama-cittasya — who has attained the stage of being equipoised; bibhṛyāt — one may accept (such symbolic signs); uta — indeed; vā — or; tyajet — one may give up.

Translation

A peaceful, equipoised person who is factually advanced in spiritual consciousness does not need to accept the symbols of a sannyāsī, such as the tridaṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu. According to necessity, he may sometimes accept those symbols and sometimes reject them.

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