यदि वहसि त्रिदण्डं नग्रमुंडं जटां वा
यदि वससि गुहायां पर्वताग्रे शिलायाम् ।
यदि पठसि पुराणं वेदसिद्धान्ततत्त्वं
यदि हृदयमशुद्धं सर्वमेतन्न किञ्चित् ॥
yadi vahasi tridaṇḍaṁ nagra-muṇḍaṁ jaṭāṁ vā
yadi vasasi guhāyāṁ parvatāgre śilālayām |
yadi paṭhasi purāṇaṁ veda-siddhānta-tattvaṁ
yadi hṛdayam aśuddhaṁ sarvam etan na kiñcit ||
(Unknown source)
“Someone may bear a tridaṇḍa [lit., “triple-staff”] and a shaved head or dreadlocks,
Someone may live in a cave or in a stone recess at the top of a mountain,
Someone may study the Purāṇas and the conclusions and principles of the Vedas,
But if one’s heart is impure, then all of this goes for nothing.”