Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.16.48

pratipad-dinam ārabhya

yāvac chukla-trayodaśīm

brahmacaryam adhaḥ-svapnaḿ

snānaḿ tri-ṣavaṇaḿ caret

SYNONYMS

pratipat-dinam — on the day of pratipat; ārabhya — beginning; yāvat — until; śukla — of the bright fortnight; trayodaśīm — the thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekādaśī); brahmacaryam — observing complete celibacy; adhaḥ-svapnam — lying down on the floor; snānam — 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 [śukla-trayodaśī], one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.

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