Wearing a sacred thread, with the Kusa grass in his hand, wearing a clean washed ochre-coloured garment and his body smeared with ashes covering the hairs and with a quiescent soul and concentrated mind, he should continuously perform Japa of Brahman (Veda) pertaining to Yajna (sacri¬ fice) or pertaining to divinity or concerning the soul described in the Upanisads.