बिभृयाच्चेन्मुनिर्वास: कौपीनाच्छादनं परम् । त्यक्तं न दण्डपात्राभ्यामन्यत् किञ्चिदनापदि ॥ १५ ॥
bibhṛyāc cen munir vāsaḥ kaupīnācchādanaṁ param tyaktaṁ na daṇḍa-pātrābhyām anyat kiñcid anāpadi
- bibhṛyāt
- would wear
- cet
- if
- muniḥ
- the sannyāsī
- vāsaḥ
- clothes
- kaupīna
- the thick belt and underwear worn by saintly persons
- ācchādanam
- covering
- param
- other
- tyaktam
- given up
- na
- never
- daṇḍa
- besides his staff
- pātrābhyām
- and waterpot
- anyat
- else
- kiñcit
- anything
- anāpadi
- when there is no emergency
If the sannyāsī desires to wear something besides a mere kaupīna, he may use another cloth around his waist and hips to cover the kaupīna. Otherwise, if there is no emergency, he should not accept anything besides his daṇḍa and waterpot.