भिक्षां चतुर्षु वर्णेषु विगर्ह्यान् वर्जयंश्चरेत् । सप्तागारानसङ्क्लृप्तांस्तुष्येल्लब्धेन तावता ॥ १८ ॥
bhikṣāṁ caturṣu varṇeṣu vigarhyān varjayaṁś caret saptāgārān asaṅkḷptāṁs tuṣyel labdhena tāvatā
- bhikṣām
- charity obtained by begging
- caturṣu
- among the four
- varṇeṣu
- occupational divisions of society
- vigarhyān
- abominable, impure
- varjayan
- rejecting
- caret
- one should approach
- sapta
- seven
- āgārān
- houses
- asaṅkḷptān
- without calculation or desire
- tuṣyet
- one should be satisfied
- labdhena
- with that obtained
- tāvatā
- with just that amount
Rejecting those houses that are polluted and untouchable, one should approach without previous calculation seven houses and be satisfied with that which is obtained there by begging. According to necessity, one may approach each of the four occupational orders of society.