Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.7.6
The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) 2.7.6
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2.7.6
He shall avoid looking into a well, climbing up a tree, gathering fruits, crawling through narrow openings, bathing naked, jumping over uneven ground, using harsh language, looking at the sun while it is rising or setting, and begging. For there is a Sruti: 'After he has bathed, he should not beg. For he who bathes, drives away from himself begging.'
2.7.6.n1
The passage of the Sruti quoted is found in the Satapatha Brâhmana XI, 3, 3, 7. Comp. Vasishtha XII, 2, 10, 25; Gautama IX, 32, 61, &c.
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- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra — Pāraskara, Sanskrit