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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 16]
pratipad-dinam ārabhya yāvac chukla-trayodaśīm brahmacaryam adhaḥ-svapnaṁ snānaṁ tri-ṣavaṇaṁ caret
pratipat-dinam—on the day of pratipat; ārabhya—beginning; yāvat—until; śukla—of the bright fortnight; trayodaśīm—the thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekādaśi); brahmacaryam—observing complete celibacy; adhaḥ-svapnam—lying down on the floor; snānam—bathing; tri-ṣavaṇam—three times (morning, evening and noon); caret—one should execute.
TRANSLATION
From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon [śukla-trayodaśi], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.
TEXT 49
वज्येदसदालापं मोगानुच्चावचांस्तथा । अहिंसः सर्वभूतानां वासुदेवपरायणः ॥४९॥
varjayed asad-ālāpaṁ bhogān uccāvacāṁs tathā ahiṁsraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ
varjayet—one should give up; asat-ālāpam—unnecessary talk on material subject matters; bhogān—sense gratification; ucca-avacān—superior or inferior; tathā—as well as; ahiṁsraḥ—without being envious; sarva-bhūtānām—of all living entities; vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ—simply being a devotee of Lord Vāsudeva.
TRANSLATION
During this period, one should not unnecessarily talk of material subjects or topics of sense gratification, one should be com-