Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4


Sanskrit:

मेखलाजिनवासांसि जटादण्डकमण्डलून् ।बिभृयादुपवीतं च दर्भपाणिर्यथोदितम् ॥ ४ ॥

ITRANS:

mekhalājina-vāsāṁsijaṭā-daṇḍa-kamaṇḍalūnbibhṛyād upavītaṁ cadarbha-pāṇir yathoditam

Translation:

Carrying pure kuśa grass in his hand, the brahmacārī should dress regularly with a belt of straw and with deerskin garments. He should wear matted hair, carry a rod and waterpot and be decorated with a sacred thread, as recommended in the śāstras.

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