Shloka : 199

दिवास्वापो न कर्तव्यो रोगाद्यापदमन्तरा ।

ग्राम्यवार्ता न कार्या च न श्रव्या बुद्धिपूर्वकम् ॥ 199 ॥

અને રોગાદિક આપત્કાળ પડ્યા વિના દિવસે સૂવું નહિ; અને ગ્રામ્યવાર્તા કરવી નહિ ને જાણીને સાંભળવી નહિ. ॥ 199 ॥

And the saints should not sleep during day time except for the emergencies and they should not gossip and should not listen to gossip. || 199 ||

Commentary

The celibates and saints should not sleep during day time, be­cause while sleeping during the day, there is a possibility of committing a sin in one’s dreams. While dreaming, the Rajas Prakriti and Tamas Prakriti defeat the man, therefore he performs improper acts (in his dream) detached from his original body as if he has attained some other body. Here, a child, an aged man, sick, traveller and the Tyagis who are working hard to build a temple are the exceptions.

Moreover, the Tyagi Sadhus and celibates should 'willingly' avoid the worldly conversation which is not related to God, such as conversations regarding somebody’s profession, related to town, field or orchards, related to some government work, about someone’s vic­tory, defeat, clothes, ornaments and about the beauty of a town, about the various tastes of four types of food i.e. raw food, cooked food, lickable food and suckable food etc. They should not get involved in such discussions nor listen to them. Because the gossip creates the bondage. Their concentration is disturbed and as a result they can’t concentrate fully on divine form of God. Therefore, they attain descent.