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	| Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 
 << Canto 11, General History >>
 << 17 - Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Description of the Varṇāśrama System >>
 
 << VERSE 24 >>
 
 snāna-bhojana-homeṣu
 japoccāre ca vāg-yataḥ
 na cchindyān nakha-romāṇi
 kakṣopastha-gatāny api
 
 WORD BY WORD
 
 
 
 TRANSLATION
 
 
 |   | A brahmacārī should always remain silent while bathing, eating, attending sacrificial performances, chanting japa or passing stool and urine. He should not cut his nails and hair, including the armpit and pubic hair. 
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 PURPORT
 
 
 |   | Nārada Muni gives a similar technical description of Vedic brahmacārī life in Canto Seven, Chapter Twelve, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. 
 
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