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RULES OBSERVABLE BY BRAHMINS
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reminds himself that his daily tasks to be meritorious must
be done zealously and piously, and not indifferently and
Whilst thus thinking he takes courage, and
perfunctorily.
makes a resolution to do his best. After that he performs
the hari-smarana, which consists in reciting aloud the
litanies to Vishnu, and in repeating his thousand names \
These preliminaries ended, he must attend to the calls
of nature, and the following are the rules which he must
follow in this important matter
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Section
answering
I.
Rules
to
be
by Brahmins when
observed
the calls of nature.
I. Taking in his hand a big chembu (brass vessel) he will
proceed to