अवशेन्द्रियचित्तानां हस्तिस्नानमिव क्रिया ।
दुर्भगाभरणप्रायो ज्ञानं भार: क्रियां विना ।।
avaśendriyacittānāṃ hastisnānamiva kriyā |
durbhagābharaṇaprāyo jñānaṃ bhāra: kriyāṃ vinā ||
A moral act (incidentally performed) by those whose senses and heart are not held in subjection (is transient) like the washing of an elephant (that soon becomes as dingy and dirty as he was before). Divine knowledge without (corresponding) practice, (is) an encumbrance, like an ornament on a woman disliked by her husband.