TEXT 48
pratipad-dinam arabhya
yavac chukla-trayodasim
brahmacaryam adhah-svapnam
snanam tri-savanam caret
SYNONYMS
pratipat-dinam—on the day of pratipat; arabhya—beginning; yavat—until; sukla—of the bright fortnight; trayodasim—the thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekadasi); brahmacaryam—observing complete celibacy; adhah-svapnam—lying down on the floor; snanam—bathing; tri-savanam—three times (morning, 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.
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