सर्व पुस्तके | Shrimad Bhagavatam | Canto 11: General History |Chapter Seventeen: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Description of the Varṇāśrama System

SB 11.17.24

स्‍नानभोजनहोमेषु जपोच्चारे च वाग्यत: ।
न च्छिन्द्यान्नखरोमाणि कक्षोपस्थगतान्यपि ॥ २४ ॥

शब्दार्थ

snāna — while bathing; bhojana — while eating; homeṣu — and while attending sacrificial performances; japa — while chanting mantras to oneself; uccāre — while passing stool or urine; ca — also; vāk-yataḥ — remaining silent; na — not; chindyāt — should cut; nakha — the nails; romāṇi — or hairs; kakṣa — in the armpits; upastha — pubic; gatāni — including; - — even.

भाषांतर

A brahmacārī should always remain silent while bathing, eating, attending sacrificial performances, chanting japa or passing stool and urine. He should not cut his nails and hair, including the armpit and pubic hair.

तात्पर्य

Nārada Muni gives a similar technical description of Vedic brahmacārī life in Canto Seven, Chapter Twelve, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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