Duties of an Ascetic - Verse 6
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 29 · Verse 6
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Sanskrit Original
गोदोहमात्रं तिष्ठेत कालं भिक्षुरधोमुखः। भिक्षेत्युक्त्वा सकृत तूष्णीमश्नीयाद वाग्यतः शुचिः।।
godohamātraṃ tiṣṭheta kālaṃ bhikṣuradhomukhaḥ| bhikṣetyuktvā sakṛt tūṣṇīmaśnīyād vāgyataḥ śuciḥ||
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After saying “Bhiksa” (alms) once, the mendicant ascetic should stand with the head bent (facing down) for a period of a Godoha (i.e. the time taken to milk a cow). (After receiving the alms) he should eat it silently. He should be pure and restrained in speech.