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

ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਲਾਪਰਵਾਹ, ਬਾਹਰ-ਮੁਖੀ ਚਿੱਤ ਵਾਲੇ, ਚੁਗਲਖੋਰ, ਝਗੜੇ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੌਕੀਨ ਦਿੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ—ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰਲੇ ਭਾਵ ‘ਦੇਵ’ ਰੂਪ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ-ਵ੍ਰਿੱਤੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।

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)