Yagyavalkya Upanishad: Verse 11

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 ॥

Recitation with translationYagyavalkya Upanishad 11

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

संन्यासी लोगों में भी ऐसे लोग दिखते हैं जो ध्यान नहीं देते। उनका मन बाहर भागता रहता है। वो दूसरों की बुराई करते हैं और झगड़ा करने के चक्कर में रहते हैं। इनके अंदर के विचार साफ नहीं होते, क्योंकि इनकी इंद्रियाँ इन्को कंट्रोल करती हैं।

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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)