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athātaḥ snātakavratāni . sa na kañcidayācetānyastaṃ rājāntevāsibhyaḥ kṣudhāparotastu kiñcideva yāceta kṛtamakṛtai vā kṣetraṃ gāmajāvikaṃ santataṃ hiraṇyaṃ dhānyamannaṃ vā, na tu snātakaḥ śrudhāvamīdedityupadeśī . na nadyāyām sahaso saṃviśenna rajasvalāyāmayogyāyām . na kulaṃ--kulaṃ syādvasantī vitātāṃ nātikramennodyantamādityaṃ parśyannādityaṃ tapantaṃ nāstaṃ, bhūtrapurīṣe kuryyānna niṣṭhīvet, pariveṣṭitaśirā bhūmimayajñiryaistṝṇairantarddhāya mūtrapurīṣe kuryyādudaṅbhu khaścāhani naktaṃ dakṣināmukhaḥ sandhyāmāsotīttarāmudāharanti .
snātakānāstu nityaṃ syādantarvāsastathottaram .
yajñopavīte dve yaṣṭiḥ sīdakaśca kamanḍaluḥ ..
apsa, pāṇo ca kāṣṭhe ca kathitaṃ pāvakaṃ śuci .
tasmādudakapoṇibhyāṃ parimṛjyāt kamaṇḍalum ..
paryyagnikaraṇaṃ hyetanmanurāha prajāpatiḥ .
kṛtvā cāvaśyakāryyāṇi ācāmecchocavittataḥ .. iti
prāṅbhu kho'nnāni bhuñjota, tuṣṇīṃ sāṅguṣṭhaṃ kṛśagrāsaṃ graseta na ca mukhaśabda kuryyāddatukālābhigāmī syāt parvavarjaṃ svadāre vā . tīrthamupeyāt .
athāpyudāharanti .
yastu pāṇigṛhītāyā āsye kurvīta maithanam .
bhavanti pitarastasya tanmāsaṃ retaso bhujaḥ ..
yā syādanaticāreṇa ratisādharmmapasaṃśritā ..
apica pāvako'pi jñāyate . adya śvo vā vijaniṣyamāṇāḥ patibhiḥ saha śayanta iti stoṇāmindradatto varaḥ . unnatavṛkṣamārohenna kūpamavarohennāgniṃ mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ brāhmaṇañcāntareṇa vyapeyānnāgnyoranujñāpya vā . bhāryyayā saha nāśroyādavīryyavadapatyaṃ bhavatīti vājasaneyake vijñāyate . nendradhanurnāmnā nirddiśemnaṇidhanuriti brūyāt . pālāśamāsanapāṭuke dantadhāvanamiti varjayet . not‌saṅge bhakṣayedaṅdhro na bhuñjīta vaiṇvaṃ daṇḍaṃ dārayedrukbhakuṇḍale ca . na bahirmmālāṃ dhārayedanyatra rukbhamayyāḥ sabhāsamavāyāṃśca varjayet .
athāpyudāharanti .
aprāmāṇyañca vedānāmārṣāṇañcaiva darśanam .
avyavasthā ca sarvatra etannāśanamātmanaḥ .. iti
nānādūto yajñaṃ gacched, yadi vrajedadhivṛkṣasūryyamadhvānaṃ na pratipadyeta, nāvañca sāṃśayikom . bāhubhyāṃ na nadīntaredutthāyāpararātramavītya na punaḥ pratisaṃviśet . prājāpatve mūhūrtte brāhmaṇaḥ svaniyamānanutiṣṭhediti .
iti vāsiṣṭhe dharmmaśāste dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 12 ..

Now then, the observances of the graduated student: He should not beg from anyone other than a king and disciples. But when overcome by hunger, he may beg for something—tilled or untilled land, a cow, a goat, a sheep, enduring gold, grain, or cooked food; but a graduated student should not perish of hunger, so runs the instruction. He should not enter into a woman suddenly, nor during her menstrual course, nor when she is unfit. He should not visit family after family; living [there], he should not transgress a settled [rule]. He should not look at the sun while it is rising, burning bright, or setting. He should not urinate or void excrement [in water], nor spit. With head covered, having veiled the earth with grass unfit for sacrifice, he should urinate and void excrement, facing north during the day and facing south at night. They cite [the rule] that he should perform the evening twilight devotions. / For graduated students there should always be an undergarment and an upper garment, / two sacrificial cords, a staff, a vessel with water, and a water-pot. / In water, on the hand, and in wood, Fire is declared to be pure; / therefore, he should wipe off the water-pot with water and his hands, / for this is ‘encircling with fire’, so said Prajāpati Manu. / Having performed necessary bodily functions, he should sip water, knowing purification. Thus. / Facing east, he should eat foods; he should swallow small morsels silently using the thumb, and he should not make smacking noises with his mouth. He should approach [his wife] during her season, or have relations with his own wife except on forbidden days; he should approach her at the proper period. / Now they also cite: / ‘He who engages in sexual intercourse in the mouth of his wedded wife— / his ancestors, for that month, feed on semen.’ / [He should engage in] that sexual pleasure which, without transgressing [dharma], is based on duty. / Moreover, a purifier is known [in scripture]: ‘Women lying with their husbands when they are about to bring forth today or tomorrow’ is the boon given to women by Indra. He should not climb a high tree; he should not descend into a well; he should not blow into a fire with his mouth; he should not walk between a fire and a Brahmin, or without having obtained permission from them. He should not eat together with his wife: ‘offspring without virility is born,’ it is known in the Vājasaneyaka. He should not point out Indra’s bow (the rainbow) by its name; he should call it a jewel-bow. He should avoid palāśa wood for a seat, shoes, or a tooth-stick. He should not eat food from his lap; he should not eat while walking. He should carry a bamboo staff and wear two gold earrings. He should not wear a garland on the outside, except a golden one; and he should avoid assemblies and gatherings. / Now they also cite: / ‘Denial of the authority of the Vedas, reviling the views of the sages, / and instability everywhere—this is the destruction of oneself.’ Thus. / He should not go to a sacrifice uninvited; if he travels, he should not take to the road when the sun is over the trees, nor [board] an unsafe boat. He should not cross a river with his arms; having risen and recited the Veda in the last watch of the night, he should not lie down again. In the hour sacred to Prajāpati, the Brahmin should perform his personal vows. / Thus ends the twelfth chapter in the Dharmaśāstra of Vasiṣṭha. 12.