History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.928

v4.c63.t2.928

40. 'Begging of food by a *sannyāsin* from members of all *varṇas* (including śūdras) according to the rules of the śāstra' (l. 32). The Sm. M. p. 201 (on varṇāśrama) quotes Kāṭhaka Brāhmaṇa,¹⁸⁶¹ Āruṇi Up., Parāśara (in prose) to the effect that a *yati* may beg for food from members of all varṇas. Baud. Dh. S. II. 10. 69¹⁸⁶² also quotes a verse which allows the begging of food from all varṇas to a *yati*. Vas. X. 7 requires a *yati* to beg at seven houses not selected beforehand and in X. 24 states that he should subsist on what food he gets at the houses of brāhmaṇas.¹⁸⁶³ The present text requires even the *yati* to observe caste rules as to food.