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शास्त्रस्य पितुरादेशं यो न वेद निवर्तकम् ।
कथं तदनुरूपाय गुणविस्रम्भ्युपक्रमेत् ॥ २० ॥
 
sastrasya pitur adesam
yo na veda nivartakam
katham tad-anurupaya
guna-visrambhy upakramet
sastrasya-of the scriptures; pituh-of the father; adesam-the instruction; yah-one who; na-not; veda-understands; nivartakam-which brings about the cessation of the material way of life; katham-how; tat-anurupaya-to follow the instruction of the sastras; guna-visrambhi-a person entangled in the three modes of material nature; upakramet-can engage in the creation of progeny.

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