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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
<< Canto 12, The Age of Deterioration >> << 3 - The Bhūmi-gītā >>
<< VERSE 38 >>
śūdrāḥ pratigrahīṣyanti tapo-veṣopajīvinaḥ dharmaṁ vakṣyanty adharma-jñā adhiruhyottamāsanam
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.
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PURPORT
| The epidemic of bogus gurus, swamis, priests and so forth is explicitly described here.
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