viprasya vai sannyasato
devÄ dÄrÄdi-rÅ«piṇaḥ
vighnÄn kurvanty ayaá¹ hy asmÄn
Äkramya samiyÄt param
viprasya - of the saintly person; vai - indeed; sannyasataḥ - taking sannyÄsa; devÄḥ - the demigods; dÄra-Ädi-rÅ«piṇaḥ - appearing in the form of his wife or other women and attractive objects; vighnÄn - stumbling blocks; kurvanti - create; ayam - the sannyÄsÄ«; hi - indeed; asmÄn - them, the demigods; Äkramya - surpassing; samiyÄt - should go; param - back home, back to Godhead.
“This man taking sannyÄsa is going to surpass us and go back home, back to Godhead.†Thus thinking, the demigods create stumbling blocks on the path of the sannyÄsÄ« by appearing before him in the shape of his former wife or other women and attractive objects. But the sannyÄsÄ« should pay the demigods and their manifestations no heed.
The demigods are empowered with universal administration and by their potency may appear as the former wife of a sannyÄsÄ« or as other women, so that the sannyÄsÄ« gives up his strict vows and becomes entangled in sense gratification. Lord Kṛṣṇa here encourages all sannyÄsÄ«s by telling them, “Pay no attention to such illusory manifestations. Continue your duties and go back home, back to Godhead.â€
