Sanyasa Upanishad: Verse 2.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सम्प्रत्यवसितानां च महापातकिनां तथा । व्रात्यानामभिशस्तानां संन्यासं न कारयेत् ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सम्प्रति-अवसितानाम् च । महा-पातकिनाम् तथा । व्रात्यानाम्-अभिशस्तानाम् । संन्यासम् न । कारयेत् ॥६॥

Recitation with translationSanyasa Upanishad 2.6

IAST Transliteration

sampratyavasitānāṃ ca mahāpātakināṃ tathā | vrātyānām abhiśastānāṃ saṃnyāsaṃ na kārayet ||6||

Translation

जो अभी-अभी बुरी हरकतें छोड़ा है, उसको संन्यास नहीं देना चाहिए। बड़े पापी लोगों को भी संन्यास नहीं मिलना चाहिए। जिन्होने व्रत और नियम नहीं फॉलो किए, उनको भी संन्यास नहीं देना। जिन्होने लोगों को तकलीफ दी है, उनको भी संन्यास नहीं करना चाहिए।

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Academic Translation

And one should not cause (i.e., should not confer/authorize) saṃnyāsa for those who have only just desisted (from wrongdoing), and likewise for great sinners; (nor) for vrātyas and those who are under censure/accusation.

Verse Context

• Moksha (saṃnyāsa as a disciplined means), Dharma-śuddhi (ethical purification)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: establishes adhikāritva (fitness) for jñāna that culminates in mahāvākya-realization (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’), but does not cite a mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)