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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 19]
vīraś cāśvam upādāya pitṛ-yajñam athāvrajat tad avadyam hare rūpam jagrhur jñāna-durbalāḥ
vīraḥ—the son of King Pṛthu; ca—also; aśvam—the horse; upādāya—taking; pitṛ-yajñam—to the sacrificial arena of his father; atha—thereafter; avrajat—went; tat—that; avadyam—abominable; hareḥ—of Indra; rūpam—dress; jagrhuḥ—adopted; jñāna-durbalāḥ—those with a poor fund of knowledge.
TRANSLATION
Then the great hero, Vijitāśva, the son of King Pṛthu, again took the horse and returned to his father's sacrificial arena. Since that time, certain men with a poor fund of knowledge have adopted the dress of a false sannyāsī. It was King Indra who introduced this.
PURPORT
Since time immemorial, the  sannyāsa  order has carried the  tridaṇḍa . Later Śaṅkarācārya introduced the  ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsī . A  tridaṇḍi-sannyāsī  is a  Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī , and an  ekadaṇḍi-sannyāsī  is a  Māyāvādī sannyāsī . There are many other types of  sannyāsīs  who are not approved by Vedic rituals. A type of pseudo- sannyāsa  was introduced by Indra when he tried to hide himself from the attack of Vijitāśva, the great son of King Pṛthu. Now there are many different types of  sannyāsīs . Some of them go naked, and some of them carry a skull and trident, generally known as  kāpālika . All of them were introduced under some meaningless circumstances, and those who have a poor fund of knowledge accept these false  sannyāsīs  and their pretenses, although they are not bona fide guides to spiritual advancement. At the present moment some missionary institutions, without referring to the Vedic rituals, have introduced some  sannyāsīs  who engage in sinful activities. The sinful activities forbidden by the  śāstras  are illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. These so-called  sannyāsīs  indulge in all these activities. They eat meat and flesh, fish, eggs and just about everything. They sometimes drink with the excuse that without alcohol, fish and meat, it is impossible to remain in the cold countries near the arctic zone. These  sannyāsīs  introduce all these sinful activities in the name of serving the poor, and consequently poor animals are cut to pieces and go into the bellies of these  sannyāsīs . As described in the following verses, such  sannyāsīs  are  pākhaṇḍīs . Vedic literature states that a person who puts