Vol. 4 · pages 281–285

270 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES V. Rules as to Food —contd. Vanaprastha Sannyasi quantity of his food) in the bright (half of the month) and (increasing it) in the dark (half); or he may eat on the last days of each fortnight once (a day only), boiled barley-gruel.” VI. 21 “Or he may constantly subsist on flowers, roots, and fruit alone, which have been ripened by time and have fallen spontaneously, following the rule of the (Institutes) of Vikhanas.” VI. 22 “Let him either roll about on the ground, or stand during the day on tiptoe, (or) let him alternately stand and sit down; going at the Savanas (at sunrise, at midday, and at sunset) to water in the forest (in order to bathe). VI. Duties to be performed Vanaprastha Sannyasi VI. 5 “Let him offer those five great sacrifices according to the rule, with various kinds of pure food fit for ascetics, or with herbs, roots, and fruit.” VI. 65 “By deep meditation let him recognize the subtle nature of the Supreme Soul, and its presence in all organisms, both the highest and the lowest.” VI. 7 “Let him perform the Balioffering with such food as he eats’, and give alms according to his ability; let him honour those who come to his hermitage with alms consisting of water, roots, and fruit.” VI. 83 “Let him constantly recite (those texts) of the Veda which refer to the sacrifice (those) refering to the deities and (those) which treat of the soul and are contained in the concluding portions of the Veda (Vedanta).” VI. 8 “Let him be always industrious in privately reciting the Veda; let him be patient of hardships, friendly (towards all), of collected mind, ever liberal and never a receiver of gifts,

271 APPENDIX II VI. Duties to be performed —contd. Vanaprastha Sannyasi and compassionate towards all living creatures.” VI. 9 “Let him offer, according to the law, the Agnihotra with three sacred fires, never omitting the newmoon and full-moon sacrifices at the proper time.” VI. 10 “Let him also offer the Nakshatreshti, the Agrayana, and the Katurmasya (sacrifices), as well as Turayana and likewise the Dakshayana, in due order.” VI. 23 “In Summer let him expose himself to the heat of the five fires, during the rainy season live under the open sky, and in winter be dressed in wet clothes, (thus) gradually increasing (the rigour of) his austerities.” VI. 24 “When he bathes at the three Savanas (sunrise, midday and sunset), let him offer libations of water to the manes and the Gods, and practising harsher and harsher austerities, let him dry up his bodily frame.” VI. 25 “Having reposited the three sacred fires in himself, according to the prescribed rule, let him live without a fire, without a house wholly silent, subsisting on roots and fruit.” zz