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II, 10, 18.
RULES FOR AN ASCETIC.
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41. Let him repeat the Savitri one thousand times, or one hundred times, or an unlimited number of times.
42. (Saying), ' Bhah, Bhuvah, Suvah,' he takes up the cloth for straining, (and) fetches water.
43. Let him not, (at any period) after that (moment), sip water which has not been drawn up (from a well and the like), which has not been strained, and which has not been completely cleansed.
44. Let him not wear any longer a white dress. 45. (He may carry) one staff or three staves.
PRASNA II, Adhyâya 10, KANDIKÂ 18. 1. Now the following vows are (to be kept by an ascetic):
2. Abstention from injuring living beings, truthfulness, abstention from appropriating the property of others, continence, (and) liberality.
3. There are five minor vows, (viz.) abstention from anger, obedience towards the Guru, avoidance of rashness, cleanliness and purity in eating.
4. Now (follows the rule for) begging. Let him
43. Manu VI, 46. Aparipûtâbhih,' which has not been completely cleansed,' probably refers to the so-called drishtyâ paripavana, carefully looking at it in order to see if any living being remains in it.'
18. 2. The five vows (vratas) named here are the principal ones. As to the vow of liberality' Govinda remarks that though the ascetic possesses no 'store' and no property in the ordinary sense of the word, still he can have books and give those away.
3. Avoidance of rashness,' i.e. committing any act which might destroy life. .
4. When the Vaisvadeva offering has been finished,' i.e. when people have had their dinner; see also Vasishtha X, 7.
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