Verse 5

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In plain words

Your lineage is well adorned — what of it? Your body is covered with ash — what of it? You wear Rudrākṣa and the like — what of it, if you never once came face to face with your own Ātma?

Close to the Sanskrit

Whether lineage is well adorned — from that, what? Whether the body is covered with ash — from that, what? Whether Rudrākṣa and the rest are worn — from that, what? — for one by whom his own Ātma was not at all directly realized.