Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c6.s17.4

c6.s17.4

Homage should be paid only to a senior renouncer if he is one’s equal in conduct, and never to any other.²
One even sees renouncers who are careless, whose minds are set on outward things, who are backbiting and quarrelsome, and whose designs are condemned by the Veda.