bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṁ

sāmiṣaṁ vṛṣalāhṛtam

bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṁ

piben nāñjalinā tv apaḥ

Never eat leftover food, never eat food offered to the goddess Kālī, and do not eat anything contaminated by flesh or fish, brought by a śūdra, or seen by a woman in her menstrual period. Do not drink water by joining your palms.

There are five restrictions in eating. Caṇḍikānnam means food offered to Durgā. If food is touched by ants it also caṇḍikānnam, and therefore forbidden. Caṇḍika means an ant according to the dictionary. Udakyayā means “by a women in her menstrual period.”

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nocchiṣṭāspṛṣṭa-salilā

sandhyāyāṁ mukta-mūrdhajā

anarcitāsaṁyata-vāk

nāsaṁvītā bahiś caret

You should not go out on the street with food in you mouth or on the hands. You should not go outside without first having washed your mouth. You should not go outside in the evening, without binding your hair, without ornaments, without controlled speaking, and without being covered.

For going out of the house, there are seven forbidden items. Aspṛṣta-salilā means without doing ācamana.  Anarcitā means “without ornaments.”  Asamvītā means without covering the whole body.”

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nādhauta-pādāprayatā

nārdra-pādā udak-śirāḥ

śayīta nāparāṅ nānyair

na nagnā na ca sandhyayoḥ

You should not lie down without having first washed your feet, without being purified, and you should not lie down with wet feet, with your head pointed west, with head pointed north, naked, in the company of others, or during the sunrise or sunset.

There are eight items forbidden for sleeping. Aprayatā means impure. Amara-koṣa says pavitraḥ and prayataḥ are synonyms for “pure.” The head should not point west (na aparāṇ).

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dhauta-vāsā śucir nityaṁ