Taking this principle stated by Kṛṣṇa as their basis, some dry Vedāntins and lazy devotees stretch out their legs, close their eyes, put bead-strings round their necks, and, without doing the good karmas they ought to do, go about eating punctually at every mealtime, sleeping, wandering, and behaving without weighing whether this is good or that is bad. If the elders at home or experienced great souls question them, "What is this, my son! Instead of practising your dharma, you are behaving like this!", they reply, "Sir, you too are mistaken. Do you not know what the Paramātma said in the Gītā? I take as my basis God's words 'sarvadharmān parityajya'; I have no need of the words of others." So, like a supreme devotee, like one who obeys the Paramātma's commands, they keep making boasts! Such people hold tight only to the words that suit them and argue from those; but are the words on either side of those words not spoken by the Paramātma too? Why is it just those that they will not accept, and will not follow in practice! Well then, has he who has given up all dharmas taken refuge in the Paramātma? No. Had he done so, he would not have given up the karmas that are his duty, would he! Cravings for food and sleep would not have taken hold of him, would they! Such people are great souls in words and show-offs in their play; in practice not even an atom's worth of spiritual inclination is to be seen.
కృష్ణుడు చెప్పిన ఈ సూత్రమును ఆధారము చేసుకొని కొందరు శుష్క వేదాంతులు, సోమరి భక్తులు కాళ్ళు చాచుకొని కన్నులు మూసుకొని, కంఠమాలలు వేసుకొని, చేయవలసిన సత్కర్మలు చేయక వేళవేళకు తినటము, నిద్రించటము, తిరగటము, ఇది మంచీ ఇది చెడ్డా అని విచారించక ప్రవర్తించటము; “ఏమిరా, నాయనా!