Text 6] The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes 61

should wear matted hair, carry a rod and waterpot and be deco-
rated with a sacred thread, as recommended in the Sastras.

TEXT 5
ard maatael aa afaaeaq |
Osta FGM AM AGA BAT U4 1

sadyam pratas cared bhaiksyar
gurave tan nivedayet
bhufjita yady anujnato
no ced upavaset kvacit

sa@yam—in the evening; prdtah—in the morning; caret—should go
out; bhaiksyam—to collect alms; gurave—unto the spiritual master;
tat—all that he collects; nivedayet—should offer; bhujita—he should
eat; yadi—if; anujndtah—ordered (by the spiritual master); no—other-
wise; cet—if; upavaset—should observe fasting; kvacit—sometimes.

TRANSLATION

The brahmacari 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

aatat fheraa aa: ree rata: |
Taal saaelta aly atfafiag 71 & 11

susilo mita-bhug daksah
Sraddadhano jitendriyah

yavad-artham vyavaharet
strisu stri-nirjitesu ca

su-Silah—very polite and well behaved; mita-bhuk—eating only ex-
actly what he needs, neither more nor less; daksah—expert or without
