No Upanayana (wearing of the sacred thread and initiation into Gayatri) is allowed after one such was performed earlier within six months. He must give up old and broken pots. Repairing or thatching the roof, sweeping the floor and the like in the house, shaving and the like are to be avoided during this period. But on the day of death, he can perform the Shraddha and offer the Pindas. He can also do kripa Shraddha for the 240 | . Uttara Kalamrita destitute that are dead. He should not go to Gaya for performing Gaya Shraddha for his parents. Otherwise he becomes a sinner. Wet retat aad fxm: walang amranani wat afarot we gg erat we Rt BE Amaaan g ana ART GOH A Dvija should fix his sacred thread round his right ear while going for urination. In the day time he should go to the bank of a tank or river and wash his genitals. In the night he should only pour water on them or moisten them. After excretion (stools) the genitals and the right hand should be cleansed with mud, and the left hand should be purified with thrice as much mud as before. Then both the hands should be cleansed with double the quantity of the mud prescribed earlier. The anus should be cleaned five times with the mud prescribed. The other limbs (sex organ and the testicles) should be cleansed with twice the quantity of the mud prescribed.
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