Text 37] Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
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to such materialistic activities is to be called a vāntāśī, or one who eats his own vomit. He is indeed a shameless person.
PURPORT
Materialistic activities are regulated by the institution of  vaṇāśrama-dharma . Without  vaṇāśrama-dharma , materialistic activities constitute animal life. Yet even in human life, while observing the principles of  vaṇa  and  āśrama—brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha  and  sannyāsa— one must ultimately accept  sannyāsa , the renounced order, for only by the renounced order can one be situated in  brahma-sukha , or transcendental bliss. In  brahma-sukha  one is no longer attracted by lusty desires. Indeed, when one is no longer disturbed, especially by lusty desires for sexual indulgence, he is fit to become a  sannyāsī . Otherwise, one should not accept the  sannyāsa  order. If one accepts  sannyāsa  at an immature stage, there is every possibility of his being attracted by women and lusty desires and thus again becoming a so-called  gṛhastha  or a victim of women. Such a person is most shameless, and he is called  vāntāśī , or one who eats that which he has already vomited. He certainly leads a condemned life. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement it is advised, therefore, that the  sannyāsīs  and  brahmacārīs  keep strictly aloof from the association of women so that there will be no chance of their falling down again as victims of lusty desires.
TEXT 37
यैः स्वदेहः स्मृतो नात्मा मर्त्यो विट्क्रमिभस्वत्।
त एनमात्मसात्कृत्वा श्लाघयन्ति ह्यसत्तमाः ॥३७॥
yaiḥ sva-dehaḥ smṛto 'nātmā martyo viṭ-kṛmi-bhasmavat ta enam ātmasāt kṛtvā ślāghayanti hy asattamāḥ
yaiḥ—by  sannyāsīs  who;  sva-dehaḥ —own body;  smṛtaḥ —consider;  anātmā —different from the soul;  martyaḥ —subjected to death;  viṭ —becoming stool;  kṛmi —worms;  bhasma-vat —or ashes;  te —such