which they have in excess.

168. They should eat only one meal a day, and should sleep on
the ground; they should never look at (animals) engaged in sexual
acts.

169. They must never wear the dress of a married woman, nor of a
female ascetic, nor of a mendicant, nor any unbecoming attire.

170. They should neither associate with nor touch a woman who
has been guilty of procuring abortion; nor should they either
converse about, or hear stories of the loves of the male sex.

171. Except in times of distress widows who are young should
never remain alone in secret places along with men, even with
their own relatives, if youthful.

172. They should never join in the frolics practised at the Holi
festival, nor should they put on ornaments or finely woven
clothes composed of cotton or metal threads.

173. Neither wives nor widows ought ever to bathe without
wearing clothes. No woman should ever conceal the first
appearance of her monthly periods.

174. A woman at that season should not for an interval of three
days touch any human being, clothes, etc.; nor ought she to do so
till she has bathed on the fourth day.

175. Those of my followers who have taken the vow of Naish.thika