Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.12.5

sāyaḿ prātaś cared bhaikṣyaḿ

gurave tan nivedayet

bhuñjīta yady anujñāto

no ced upavaset kvacit

SYNONYMS

sāyam — in the evening; prātaḥ — in the morning; caret — should go out; bhaikṣyam — to collect alms; gurave — unto the spiritual master; tat — all that he collects; nivedayet — should offer; bhuñjīta — he should eat; yadi — if; anujñātaḥ — ordered (by the spiritual master); no — otherwise; cet — if; upavaset — should observe fasting; kvacit — sometimes.

TRANSLATION

The brahmacārī should go out morning and evening to collect alms, and he should offer all that he collects to the spiritual master. He should eat only if ordered to take food by the spiritual master; otherwise, if the spiritual master does not give this order, he may sometimes have to fast.

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