Shloka 108
आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
दिनमें कभी मैथुन न करे। कुमारी कन्या और कुलटाके साथ कभी समागम न करे। अपनी पत्नी भी जबतक ऋतुस्नाता न हो तबतक उसके साथ समागम न करे। इससे मनुष्यको बड़ी आयु प्राप्त होती है ।। स्वे स्वे तीर्थे समाचम्य कार्ये समुपकल्पिते । त्रिःपीत्वा5<पो द्वि: प्रमूज्य कृतशौचो भवेन्नर:,कार्य उपस्थित होनेपर अपने-अपने तीर्थमें आचमन करके तीन बार जल पीये और दो बार ओठोंको पोंछ ले--ऐसा करनेसे मनुष्य शुद्ध हो जाता है
divā kadācid maithunaṁ na kuryāt | kumārī-kanyayā saha ca kulaṭayā saha ca kadācid api samāgamaṁ na kuryāt | svāṁ bhāryām api yāvat ṛtu-snātaṁ na bhavati tāvat tayā saha samāgamaṁ na kuryāt | etena manuṣyo dīrgham āyur avāpnoti || sve sve tīrthe samācamya kārye samupakalpite | triḥ pītvāpo dviḥ pramṛjya kṛta-śauco bhaven naraḥ ||
Bhishma said: One should not engage in sexual intercourse during the daytime. One should never have intercourse with an unmarried maiden, nor with a promiscuous woman. Even with one’s own wife, one should not approach her until she has bathed after the onset of her season. By such restraint a person attains long life. Further, when a duty is at hand, having performed ācamana at one’s proper water-place, one should sip water three times and wipe the lips twice; by this a man becomes ritually purified for the task.
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