Verse 11

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रमादिनो बहिश्चित्ताः पिशुनाः कलहोत्सुकाः । संन्यासिनोऽपि दृश्यन्ते देवसंदूषिताशयाः ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रमादिनः । बहिः-चित्ताः । पिशुनाः । कलह-उत्सुकाः । संन्यासिनः । अपि । दृश्यन्ते । देव-संदूषित-आशयाः ॥

IAST Transliteration

pramādino bahiś-cittāḥ piśunāḥ kalahotsukāḥ | saṃnyāsino 'pi dṛśyante deva-saṃdūṣitāśayāḥ ||11||

Translation

Même parmi les renonçants, on voit des êtres négligents, l’esprit tourné vers l’extérieur, médisants, avides de querelle : ceux dont l’intention est souillée par les « devas » (les puissances des sens et leurs impulsions).

Academic Translation

Even among renunciants are seen the negligent, outward-minded, slanderous, eager for quarrel—those whose intentions are corrupted by ‘devas’ (i.e., sense-powers/impulses).

Verse Context

• Māyā/avidyā manifesting as pramāda and bahiḥmukhatā (outwardness); saṃnyāsa without inner purification
• Mahavakya: Indirect: warns that without inner śuddhi and nididhyāsana, mahāvākya teaching remains ineffective despite external renunciation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)