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22. * Let him not be dejected when he obtains nothing, nor glad when he receives something. Let him only seek as much as will sustain life, without caring for household property/

'23. ' But he, forsooth, knows (the road to) salva- tion who cares neither for a hut, nor for water, nor for clothes, nor for the three Pushkaras (holy tanks), nor for a house, nor for a seat, nor for food/

24. In the morning and in the evening he may eat as much (food) as he obtains in the house of one BrahmaTza, excepting honey and meat,

25. And he shall not (eat so much that he is quite) satiated.

26. At his option (an ascetic) may (also) dwell in a village.

27. Let him not be crooked (in his ways); (let him) not (observe the rules of) impurity on account

22. Vish/m XCVI, 4. Identical with Manu VI, 57.