Uttarajjhayana 197.1.20_11

197.1.20_11

tammeva ya nakkhatte | gayaṇacaubbhāgasāvasesaṃmi /
verattiyaṃ pi kālaṃ | paḍilehittā muṇī kujjā ||20||

When a small part of the quarter is left, in which the (leading) nakshatra stands, during that space of time, being considered intermediate (between two) days, a monk should watch. (20)
In the first quarter (of the first Paurushî) he should inspect (and clean) his things, pay his respects to his superior, and then begin to study, not allowing himself to be affected by any pains. (21)
In the (last) quarter of the first Paurushî, after paying his respect to the Guru, a monk should inspect his almsbowl, without, however, performing the Kâla-pratikramana. (22)
He should first inspect his mouth-cloth, then his broom, and taking the broom in his hand he should inspect his cloth. (23)
Standing upright he holds his cloth firmly and inspects it first leisurely, then he spreads it, and at last he wipes it. (24)
(He should spread the cloth) without shaking or crushing it, in such a way as to make the folds disappear, and to avoid friction of its parts against each other; he should fold it up six times in length, and nine times in breadth, and then he should remove living beings with his hand (spreading the cloth on the palm of his hand). (25)
He must avoid want of attention: 1. in beginning his work; 2. in taking up the corners of the cloth; 3. in folding it up; 4. in shaking out the dust; 5. in putting it down (on some other piece of cloth); 6. in sitting upon the haunches. (26)