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SANNYASA DIARMA
(iii) when it is desirable to refrain from suste: wance to control the longings of the senses,
(iv) when his moving about will tond to cause destruction of lifo,
(v) when he should be fasting, and
(vi) when the adoption of the sallekhani voj (see the nest following chapter) becomes advisable.
In addition to avoiding the above faults, the saint will also go without food whenever any of the following thirty-two antarāyas (inauspicious obstacles) occurs after he has started for its obtainment:
1. if the excrement of a bird, e.g., a crow, fall on him while on his way;
2. if his foot become besmeared with filth ; 3. if he begin to vomit; 4, if some one interfere with his proceeding; 5. if he begin to bleed, or if suppuration occur;
6. if his tears come out or he see someone else burst into tears at the time of eating;
7. if he have to climb a step higher than his knee;
8. if he touch a part of his body lower down than the knee ;
9. if he have to bend lower than the naval to reach the place ;
10. if he happen to eat what has been given up by him ;
11. if a living being be killed in his sight at the time of eating ;
12. if a bird carry off a morsel of his food;
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