250 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 16

pratipad-dinam darabhya
yavac chukla-trayodasim
brahmacaryam adhah-svapnam
sndnam tri-savanam caret

pratipat-dinam—on the day of pratipat; dadrabhya—beginning;
yavat—until; sukla—of the bright fortnight; trayodasim—the thir-
teenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekadasi);
brahmacaryam—observing complete celibacy; adhah-svapnam—lying
down on the floor; sna@nam—bathing; tri-savanam—three times (morn-
ing, evening and noon); caret—one should execute.

TRANSLATION

From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon
[Sukla-trayodasi], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on
the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.

TEXT 49
qaaeAaTAT ATA ATA |
afta: aagaat aaqeaqaam: eel

varjayed asad-alapam
bhogan uccavacars tatha

ahimsrah sarva-bhitanam
vasudeva-parayanah

varjayet—one should give up; asat-alapam—unnecessary talk on ma-
terial subject matters; bhogan—sense gratification; ucca-avacdn—
superior or inferior; tatha—as well as; ahimmsrah—without being en-
vious; sarva-bhitandm—of all living entities; vasudeva-pardyanah—
simply being a devotee of Lord Vasudeva.

TRANSLATION

During this period, one should not unnecessarily talk of ma-
terial subjects or topics of sense gratification, one should be com-
