Brahmacaris (that is, of perpetual celibacy and chastity) must
not knowingly either touch or converse with or look at women.

176. They should never talk or listen to conversations about
women, and they should not perform their ablutions or other
religious rites at places where women pass backwards and
forwards.

177. They should never knowingly touch or look at even the
pictures or wooden images of women, unless they be the
representations of goddesses.

178. They should neither draw any likeness of a woman, nor touch
her clothes. They must never knowingly look even at animals
engaged in sexual acts.

179. They should neither touch nor look at a male dressed up as
a woman; nor should they sing the praises of the Deity with a
view to being heard by women.

180. They should pay no attention to the command of even their
spiritual preceptor if likely to lead them to a breach of their
vow of chastity. They should continue steadfast, contented, and
humble-minded.

181. When a woman insists on forcing herself near them, they
should immediately try to keep her off by expostulating with her,
and (if she still approaches) by reproaching her.

182. In cases where their own lives, or those of women, are in