44. Those pure Sudras who are worshippers of K.rish.na, while
practising their own peculiar duties, should, like the twice-
born, use a rosary and a vertical mark on the forehead.

45. By those (Sudra) worshippers who are different from the pure
Sudras two rosaries made of sandal wood, etc., are to be worn on
the throat, and only a round mark is to be made on the forehead.

46. Those twice-born of my followers, who have inherited from
their forefathers the custom of using a rosary of Rudraksha
berries (sacred to Siva), and the three horizontal (Saiva) marks,
should not discontinue that practice.

47. Naraya.na and Siva should be equally regarded as
manifestations of one and the same Universal Spirit, since both
have been declared in the Vedas to be forms of Brahma.
[Footnote: This precept furnishes an interesting proof of the
tolerant character of Vaish.navism, and of its harmony with the
pantheism of the Vedanta.]

48. In times of slight distress my adherents shall not chiefly
(or by preference) follow the laws which are laid down by the
Sastras for times of (excessive) distress.

49. Every day let every man awake before sunrise, and after
calling on the name of K.rish.na, proceed to the rites of bodily
purification.

50. Having seated himself in some place apart, let him cleanse