Duties of an Ascetic - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 29 · Verse 2
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Sanskrit Original
एककालं चरेद भैक्षं न प्रसज्येत विस्तरे। भैक्षे प्रसक्तो हि यतिर्विषयेष्वपि सज्जति।।
ekakālaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ na prasajyeta vistare| bhaikṣe prasakto hi yatirviṣayeṣvapi sajjati||
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He should beg for alms only for once. He should not indulge in it for long. Since, if an ascetic is attached to alms, he becomes involved in worldly affairs.