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NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
self, 22. to revile a particular god or scripture, 23.
to turn one's back on an image of God. 24. to
approach an image of God with shoes on, 25. to wear
a garland in the presence of an image,-of God, 26.
to approach an image of God stick in hand, 27. to
approach an image of God in a blue garment, 28. to
approach an image of God, without washing one's
mouth and cleaning one's teeth, 29. to enter a temple
of God without changing one's clothes after evacuat-
ing one's bowels or sexual intercourse, 30. to stretch
one's arms or legs before an image of God. 31. to
chew betel-leaves before an image of God, 32. to
laugh loudly before an image of God, 33. to make
undesirable gesture, 34. to hover about women,
35. to lose one's temper, 36. to salute anyone else
in the presence of an image of God, 37. to visit a
temple immediately after eating something which
gives a foul odour, 38. to insult or assault anyone,
40. to make gestures expressive of lust or anger, 41.
to fail in one's duty to a stranger or a holy man, 42.
to regard oneself as a devotee, a pious soul, a learned
man or a virtuous man, 43. to associate with un-
believers, profligates, sanguinary persons, greedy men
and liars, 44. to blame God in adversity, 45. to
practise virtue with a sinful motive, 46. to regard
oneself as pious even though oppressing anyone even
slightly, 47. to refuse to maintain one's wife,
children, family, dependents, the needy and holy
men, 48. to offer something to God treating it as
enjoyable by oneself or to enjoy it without offering it
to God beforehand, 49. to swear by the name of one's
Ishta Devata, 50. to sell Dharma and the Name of
NARADA BHAKTI SUTRAS
self, 22. to revile a particular god or scripture, 23.
to turn one's back on an image of God. 24. to
approach an image of God with shoes on, 25. to wear
a garland in the presence of an image,-of God, 26.
to approach an image of God stick in hand, 27. to
approach an image of God in a blue garment, 28. to
approach an image of God, without washing one's
mouth and cleaning one's teeth, 29. to enter a temple
of God without changing one's clothes after evacuat-
ing one's bowels or sexual intercourse, 30. to stretch
one's arms or legs before an image of God. 31. to
chew betel-leaves before an image of God, 32. to
laugh loudly before an image of God, 33. to make
undesirable gesture, 34. to hover about women,
35. to lose one's temper, 36. to salute anyone else
in the presence of an image of God, 37. to visit a
temple immediately after eating something which
gives a foul odour, 38. to insult or assault anyone,
40. to make gestures expressive of lust or anger, 41.
to fail in one's duty to a stranger or a holy man, 42.
to regard oneself as a devotee, a pious soul, a learned
man or a virtuous man, 43. to associate with un-
believers, profligates, sanguinary persons, greedy men
and liars, 44. to blame God in adversity, 45. to
practise virtue with a sinful motive, 46. to regard
oneself as pious even though oppressing anyone even
slightly, 47. to refuse to maintain one's wife,
children, family, dependents, the needy and holy
men, 48. to offer something to God treating it as
enjoyable by oneself or to enjoy it without offering it
to God beforehand, 49. to swear by the name of one's
Ishta Devata, 50. to sell Dharma and the Name of