Text 6] The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
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should wear matted hair, carry a rod and waterpot and be decorated with a sacred thread, as recommended in the śāstras.
TEXT 5
सायं प्रातश्चरेद्धैस्यं गुरवे तन्निवेदयेत् । 
    शुञ्जीत यद्यनुज्ञातो नो चेदुपवसेत् क्वचित् ॥ ५ ॥
sāyam prātaś cared bhaikṣyam 
    gurave tan nivedayet 
    bhuñjīta yady anujñāto 
    no ced upavaset kvacit
sāyam —in the evening;  prātaḥ —in the morning;  caret —should go out;  bhaikṣyam —to collect alms;  gurave —unto the spiritual master;  tat —all that he collects;  nivedayet —should offer;  bhuñjīta —he should eat;  yadi —if;  anujñātaḥ —ordered (by the spiritual master);  no —otherwise;  cet —if;  upavaset —should observe fasting;  kvacit —sometimes.
TRANSLATION
The brahmacārī should go out morning and evening to collect alms, and he should offer all that he collects to the spiritual master. He should eat only if ordered to take food by the spiritual master; otherwise, if the spiritual master does not give this order, he may sometimes have to fast.
TEXT 6
सुशीलो मितशुग दक्षः श्रद्धानो जितेन्द्रियः । 
    यावदर्थं व्यवहरेत् स्त्रीषु स्त्रीनिर्जितेषु च ॥ ६ ॥
suśīlo mita-bhug dakṣaḥ 
    śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ 
    yāvad-artham vyavaharet 
    strīṣu strī-nirjiteṣu ca
su-śīlaḥ —very polite and well behaved;  mita-bhuk —eating only exactly what he needs, neither more nor less;  dakṣaḥ —expert or without