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

ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରମାଦୀ, ବହିର୍ମୁଖଚିତ୍ତ, ପିଶୁନ (ନିନ୍ଦକ), କଳହପ୍ରିୟ ଲୋକ ଦେଖାଯାନ୍ତି—‘ଦେବ’ ରୂପ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟବୃତ୍ତିଦ୍ୱାରା ଯାହାଙ୍କ ଆଶୟ ଦୂଷିତ।

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)