# SB 7.15.36 ## Text > yaḥ pravrajya gṛhāt pūrvaṁ > tri-vargāvapanāt punaḥ > yadi seveta tān bhikṣuḥ > sa vai vāntāśy apatrapaḥ ## Synonyms *yaḥ*—one who; *pravrajya*—being finished for good and leaving for the forest (being situated in transcendental bliss); *gṛhāt*—from home; *pūrvam*—at first; *tri*-*varga*—the three principles of religion, economic development and sense gratification; *āvapanāt*—from the field in which they are sown; *punaḥ*—again; *yadi*—if; *seveta*—should accept; *tān*—materialistic activities; *bhikṣuḥ*—a person who has accepted the *sannyāsa* order; *saḥ*—that person; *vai*—indeed; *vānta*-*āśī*—one who eats his own vomit; *apatrapaḥ*—without shame. ## Translation **One who accepts the sannyāsa order gives up the three principles of materialistic activities in which one indulges in the field of household life—namely religion, economic development and sense gratification. One who first accepts sannyāsa but then returns 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 *varṇāśrama-dharma.* Without *varṇāśrama-dharma,* materialistic activities constitute animal life. Yet even in human life, while observing the principles of *varṇa* 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.