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## Translation:
**Somasen Bhattaraka's Composition**
**61-62**
After repeatedly throwing the Kurula (toothbrush) away from oneself a few times, so that the spittle does not fall back on oneself, one should perform Achaman (rinsing the mouth) twice, facing east or north. Afterwards, one should clean one's teeth with a suitable Dantoun (toothbrush) with full attention. A person who does not cleanse their mouth in this way and keeps their mouth unclean is considered extremely impure.
**38**
**Suitable Dantoun**
**63-64**
Khadira (Acacia Catechu), Karanj (Pongamia pinnata), Kadamba (Anthocephalus cadamba), Vat (Ficus benghalensis), Imli (Tamarindus indica), Venuvriksh (Bamboo), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Aam (Mangifera indica), Apamarga (Achyranthes aspera), Bilva (Aegle marmelos), Arka (Calotropis gigantea), and Amalaki (Phyllanthus emblica) are all considered suitable for cleaning teeth.
**65**
The Dantoun made from the Kshiravriksha (Milk Tree) should be twelve angulas (finger widths) long and as thick as the little finger.
**66-67**
**Unsuitable Dantoun**
Guvaka (Areca nut), Tal (Palmyra palm), Hintal (Borassus flabellifer), Ketaki (Pandanus odoratissimus), Mahavat (Ficus benghalensis), Kharjuri (Date palm), and Narikel (Coconut) - these seven trees are considered to be Trunraj (grass kings). A person who cleanses their teeth with a Dantoun made from these Trunraj trees is considered cruel and sinful. Because countless living beings reside within these Dantoun, one should abandon their use.
**68-69**
One should not clean their teeth with a wooden Dantoun on the second, fifth, eighth, eleventh, and fourteenth lunar days. One should also avoid using a wooden Dantoun on Sundays, inauspicious days, Sankranti (solar ingress), one's birthday, and during vows like Dasha Lakshana, Ranatraya, and Ashtahnhika.