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## Trivarna Dharma:
**Anamnar**
**Upkarma, Utsarga:** There is no Rajodosh (menstrual impurity) during the following times: morning bath, lunar eclipse, and solar eclipse. || 79 ||
**Dhanussahasranyastau tu gatiryasan na vidyate...**
... **Na ta nadya samaakhyata gasta parikirtita:** || 40 || ... Those rivers which are not eight thousand dhanus (a unit of measurement) long are not considered rivers, they should be called a kind of ditch. || 80 ||
**Darbhavidhi:** Kusha, Kasa, Jo, Doob, Ushir (a type of grass), Kakunda, Wheat, Beehi (rice), and Poonj are the ten types of Darbha. || 81 ||
**Nabhomasasya darshe tu shubhran darbhan samaharet...**
... **Ayatayamathe darbha niyojya sarvakarmasu:** || 82 || On the new moon day of the Savan month, one should collect white Darbha. And those collected Darbha should be used in all rituals. || 82 ||
**Krishnapakse chaturdasyamaanetannya kusha dvijaih...**
... **Akalikasta tatha shuddha ata urdhvam vigarhita:** || 83 || If one cannot collect Darbha on the new moon day, then they should be collected on the fourteenth day of the Krishna Paksha. Those collected at the right time are considered pure, others are not. || 83 ||
**Shuddhimantrena sammantra sakrichitva samuddharet...**
... **Achhinnaaya ashushkagrah pujartha harita kushah:** || 84 || One should chant the purification mantra and then carefully uproot the Darbha from the ground. Only those Darbha which are unbroken and have green, un-dried tips are fit for worship. || 84 ||
**Kushalabhe tu kashah syuh kashah kushamaya smrita...**
... **Kashabhave grihitavya anye darbha yathuchitam:** || 85 || If Kusha is not available, then Kasa can be used. Kasa is considered to be similar to Kusha. If Kasa is also not available, then other suitable Darbha can be used. || 85 ||