746 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 19

viras casvam upadaya
pitr-yajtiam athavrajat

tad avadyam hare riipam
Jagrhur jiidna-durbalah

virah—the son of King Prthu; ca—also; asvam—the horse; upadaya—tak-
ing; pltr-yajiam—to the sacrificial arena of his father; atha—thereafter;
avrajat—went; tat—that; avadyam—abominable; hareh—of Indra; riijpam—
dress; jagrhuh—adopted; jiana-durbalah—those with a poor fund of knowl-
edge:

TRANSLATION

Then the great hero, Vijitaéva, the son of King Prthu, 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
sannyasi. It was King Indra who introduced this.

PURPORT

Since time immemorial, the sannydsa order has carried the tridanda.
Later Sankaracarya introduced the ekadandi-sannyasi. A tridandi-sannyasi
is a Vaignava sannyasi, and an ekadandi-sannyasi is a Mayavadi sannyasi.
There are many other types of sannyasis who are not approved by Vedic
rituals. A type of pseudo-sannydsa was introduced by Indra when he tried
to hide himself from the attack of Vijitasva, the great son of King Prthu.
Now there are many different types of sannyasis. Some of them go naked,
and some of them carry a skull and trident, generally known as kapalika.
All of them were introduced under some meaningless circumstances, and
those who have a poor fund of knowledge accept these false sannydsis and
their pretenses, although they are not bona fide guides to spiritual advance-
ment. At the present moment some missionary institutions, without re-
ferring to the Vedic rituals, have introduced some sannyasis who engage in
sinful activities. The sinful activities forbidden by the sastras are illicit sex,
intoxication, meat-eating and gambling. These so-called sannyasis 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 sannyasis 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 sannyasis. As described in the following verses, such
sannydsis are pakhandis. Vedic literature states that a person who puts
