248 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 18

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APSARA AeA FHTIAT |
wafqararaarse aAaataT TATA (Koll

nocchistasprsta-salila
sandhyayam mukta-mirdhaja
anarcitdsarnyata-vak
nasamvita bahis caret

na—not; ucchista—after eating; asprsta-salila—without washing;
sandhyayam—in the evening; mukta-mirdhaja—with the hair loose;
anarcita—without ornaments; asarnyata-vak—without being grave;
na—not; asarivita—without being covered; bahih—outside; caret—

should go.

TRANSLATION

After eating, you should not go out to the street without having
washed your mouth, hands and feet. You should not go out in the
evening or with your hair loose, nor should you go out unless you
are properly decorated with ornaments. You should not leave the
house unless you are very grave and are sufficiently covered.

PURPORT

Kasyapa Muni advised his wife not to go out onto the street unless she
was well decorated and well dressed. He did not encourage the mini-
skirts that have now become fashionable. In Oriental civilization, when a
woman goes out onto the street, she must be fully covered so that no man
will recognize who she is. All these methods are to be accepted for
purification. If one takes to Krsna consciousness, one is fully purified,
and thus one remains always transcendental to the contamination of the
material world.

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TAA ANTS ATH AMAT APTA: 14 21
