Devanagari
वीरश्चाश्वमुपादाय पितृयज्ञमथाव्रजत् ।
तदवद्यं हरे रूपं जगृहुर्ज्ञानदुर्बला: ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
vīraś cāśvam upādāya
pitṛ-yajṣam athāvrajat
tad avadyaṁ hare rūpaṁ
jagṛhur jṣāna-durbalāḥ
Synonyms
vīraḥ
—
the son of King Pṛthu
;
ca
—
also
;
aśvam
—
the horse
;
upādāya
—
taking
;
pitṛ
—
yajṣam — to the sacrificial arena of his father
;
atha
—
thereafter
;
avrajat
—
went
;
tat
—
that
;
avadyam
—
abominable
;
hareḥ
—
of Indra
;
rūpam
—
dress
;
jagṛhuḥ
—
adopted
;
jṣāna
—
durbalāḥ — those with a poor fund of knowledge .
Translation
Then the great hero, Vijitāśva, the son of King Pṛthu, again took the horse and returned to his father’s sacrificial arena. Since that time, certain men with a poor fund of knowledge have adopted the dress of a false sannyāsī. It was King Indra who introduced this.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Taking the horse, Pṛthu’s son returned to the sacrifice of his father. Foolish people after that adopted the despicable dress of Indra who was not killed.
Foolish persons think that because Indra was not killed by Pṛthu’s son, they also cannot be killed. Starting their own sampradaya which propagated ideas to spoil sacrifice, they desired to define the goal as powers like stealing others’ wealth and disappearing as their goal.
Purport
Since time immemorial, the
sannyāsa
order has carried the
tridaṇḍa.
Later Śaṅkarācārya introduced the
ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsa.
A
tridaṇḍi-sannyāsī
is a Vaiṣṇava
sannyāsī,
and an
ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsī
is a Māyāvādī
sannyāsī.
There are many other types of
sannyāsīs,
who are not approved by Vedic rituals. A type of pseudo-
sannyāsa
was introduced by Indra when he tried to hide himself from the attack of Vijitāśva, the great son of King Pṛthu. Now there are many different types of
sannyāsīs.
Some of them go naked, and some of them carry a skull and trident, generally known as
kāpālika.
All of them were introduced under some meaningless circumstances, and those who have a poor fund of knowledge accept these false
sannyāsīs
and their pretenses, although they are not bona fide guides to spiritual advancement. At the present moment some missionary institutions, without referring to the Vedic rituals, have introduced some
sannyāsīs
who engage in sinful activities. The sinful activities forbidden by the
śāstras
are illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. These so-called
sannyāsīs
indulge in all these activities. They eat meat and flesh, fish, eggs and just about everything. They sometimes drink with the excuse that without alcohol, fish and meat, it is impossible to remain in the cold countries near the Arctic zone. These
sannyāsīs
introduce all these sinful activities in the name of serving the poor, and consequently poor animals are cut to pieces and go into the bellies of these
sannyāsīs.
As described in the following verses, such
sannyāsīs
are
pākhaṇḍīs.
Vedic literature states that a person who puts Lord Nārāyaṇa on the level with Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā immediately becomes a
pākhaṇḍī.
As stated in the
Purāṇas:
yas tu nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ
brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ
samatvenaiva vīkṣeta
sa pāṣaṇḍī bhaved dhruvam
In Kali-yuga the
pākhaṇḍīs
are very prominent. However, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has tried to kill all these
pākhaṇḍīs
by introducing His
saṅkīrtana
movement. Those who take advantage of this
saṅkīrtana
movement of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will be able to save themselves from the influence of these
pākhaṇḍīs.