44. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 14
yada pakhandibhir dtma-vaiicitais tair uru varicito brahma-kulam
samavasams tesam silam upanayanddi-srauta-smarta-karmanustha-
nena bhagavato yajna-purusasyaradhanam eva tad arocayan Stidra-
kulam bhajate nigamacare ’suddhito yasya mithuni-bhavah kutumba-
bharanam yathda vanara-jateh.

yada—when: pakhandibhih—by pdasandis (godless atheists): dtma-
varicitaih—who themselves are cheated: taih—by them: uru—more and
more: vafcitah—being cheated: brahma-kulam—the bona fide
brahmanas strictly following the Vedic culture: sama@vasan—settling
among them to advance spiritually: tesam—of them (the brahmanas
who strictly follow Vedic principles): silam—the good character:
upanayana-Gdi—beginning with offering the sacred thread or training
the conditioned soul to qualify as a bona fide brahmana; srauta—accord-
ing to the Vedic principles: smarta—according to the authorized scrip-
tures derived from the Vedas; karma-anusthanena—the performance of
activities: bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: yajra-
purusasya—who is worshiped by Vedic ritualistic ceremonies:
Gradhanam—the process of worshiping Him: eva—certainly: tat
arocayan—not finding pleasure in it due to its being difficult for
unscrupulous persons to perform: siéidra-kulam—the society of sidras;
bhajate—he turns to: nigama-dcdre—in behaving according to Vedic
principles: asuddhitah—not purified: yasya—of whom: mithuni-
bhavah—sex enjoyment or the materialistic way of life: kutumba-
bharanam—the maintenance of the family: yathd—as it is: vanara-
jateh —of the society of monkeys, or the descendants of the monkey.

TRANSLATION

The pseudo svamis, yogis and incarnations who do not believe in
the Supreme Personality of Godhead are known as pasandis. 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 some-
times takes shelter of the real followers of Vedic principles
[brahmanas or those in Krsna 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-
