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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
yadā pākhaṇḍibhir ātma-vañcitais tair uru vañcito brahma-kulam samāvasaṁs teṣāṁ śīlam upanayanādi-śrauta-smārta-karmānuṣṭhā-nena bhagavato yajña-puruṣasyārādhanam eva tad arocayan śūdra-kulam bhajate nigamācāre 'śuddhito yasya mithunī-bhāvaḥ kuṭumba-bharaṇaṁ yathā vānara-jāteḥ.
yadā —when:  pākhaṇḍibhiḥ —by  pāṣaṇḍīs  (godless atheists);  ātma-vañcitaiḥ —who themselves are cheated;  taiḥ —by them;  uru —more and more;  vañcitaḥ —being cheated;  brahma-kulam —the bona fide  brāhmaṇas  strictly following the Vedic culture;  samāvasan —settling among them to advance spiritually;  teṣām —of them (the  brāhmaṇas  who strictly follow Vedic principles);  śīlam —the good character;  upanayana-ādi —beginning with offering the sacred thread or training the conditioned soul to qualify as a bona fide  brāhmaṇa ;  śrauta —according to the Vedic principles;  smārta —according to the authorized scriptures derived from the  Vedas ;  karma-anuṣṭhānena —the performance of activities;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yajña-puruṣasya —who is worshiped by Vedic ritualistic ceremonies;  ārādhanam —the process of worshiping Him;  eva —certainly;  tat arocayan —not finding pleasure in it due to its being difficult for unscrupulous persons to perform;  śūdra-kulam —the society of  śūdras ;  bhajate —he turns to;  nigama-ācāre —in behaving according to Vedic principles;  aśuddhitaḥ —not purified;  yasya —of whom;  mithunī-bhāvaḥ —sex enjoyment or the materialistic way of life;  kuṭumba-bharaṇam —the maintenance of the family;  yathā —as it is;  vānara-jāteḥ —of the society of monkeys, or the descendants of the monkey.
TRANSLATION
The pseudo  svāmīs ,  yogīs  and incarnations who do not believe in the Supreme Personality of Godhead are known as  pāṣaṇḍis . They themselves are fallen and cheated because they do not know the real path of spiritual advancement, and whoever goes to them is certainly cheated in his turn. When one is thus cheated, he sometimes takes shelter of the real followers of Vedic principles [ brāhmaṇas  or those in  Kṛṣṇa consciousness ], who teach everyone how to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the Vedic rituals. However, being unable to stick to these princi-