Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 7 - Chapter 1 - Verse 2


Sanskrit:

बिभृयाद् यद्यसौ वास: कौपीनाच्छादनं परम् ।त्यक्तं न लिङ्गाद् दण्डादेरन्यत् किञ्चिदनापदि ॥ २ ॥

ITRANS:

bibhṛyād yady asau vāsaḥkaupīnācchādanaṁ paramtyaktaṁ na liṅgād daṇḍāderanyat kiñcid anāpadi

Translation:

A person in the renounced order of life may try to avoid even a dress to cover himself. If he wears anything at all, it should be only a loincloth, and when there is no necessity, a sannyāsī should not even accept a daṇḍa. A sannyāsī should avoid carrying anything but a daṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu.

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