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TEXT 7 niyatasya tu sannyasah
SYNONYMS  niyatasya--prescribed
duties; tu--but; sannyasah--renunciation; karmanah--activities;
na--never; upapadyate--is deserved; mohat--by illusion;
tasya--of which; parityagah--renunciation; tamasah--in
the mode of ignorance; parikirtitah--is declared.
TRANSLATION Prescribed
duties should never be renounced. If, by illusion, one gives up his prescribed
duties, such renunciation is said to be in the mode of ignorance.
PURPORT Work for material
satisfaction must be given up, but activities which promote one to spiritual
activity, like cooking for the Supreme Lord and offering the food to the
Lord and then accepting the food, are recommended. It is said that a person
in the renounced order of life should not cook for himself. Cooking for
oneself is prohibited, but cooking for the Supreme Lord is not prohibited.
Similarly, a sannyasi may perform a marriage ceremony to help his
disciple in the advancement of Krsna consciousness. If one renounces such
activities, it is to be understood that he is acting in the mode of darkness.
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