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न यतेराश्रमः प्रायो धर्महेतुर्महात्मनः ।
शान्तस्य समचित्तस्य बिभृयादुत वा त्यजेत् ॥ ९ ॥
 
na yater asramah prayo
dharma-hetur mahatmanah
santasya sama-cittasya
bibhryad uta va tyajet
na-not; yateh-of the sannyasi; asramah-the symbolic dress (with danda and kamandalu); prayah-almost always; dharma-hetuh-the cause of advancement in spiritual life; maha-atmanah-who is factually exalted and advanced; santasya-who is peaceful; sama-cittasya-who has attained the stage of being equipoised; bibhryat-one may accept (such symbolic signs); uta-indeed; va-or; tyajet-one may give up.