प्रतिपद्दिनमारभ्य यावच्छुक्लत्रयोदशीम् । ब्रह्मचर्यमध:स्वप्नं स्नानं त्रिषवणं चरेत् ॥ ४८ ॥
pratipad-dinam arabhya yavac chukla-trayodasim brahmacaryam adhah-svapnam snanam tri-savanam caret
- pratipat-dinam
- on the day of pratipat
- arabhya
- beginning
- yavat
- until
- sukla
- of the bright fortnight
- trayodasim
- the thirteenth day of the moon (the second day after Ekadasi)
- brahmacaryam
- observing complete celibacy
- adhah-svapnam
- lying down on the floor
- snanam
- bathing
- tri-savanam
- three times (morning, evening and noon)
- caret
- one should execute.
From pratipat until the thirteenth day of the next bright moon (sukla-trayodasi), one should observe complete celibacy, sleep on the floor, bathe three times a day and thus execute the vow.