Shloka : 50

उपविश्यैव चैकत्र कर्तव्यं दन्तधावनम् ।

स्नात्वा शुच्यम्बुना धौते परिधार्ये च वाससी ॥ 50 ॥

અને પછી એક સ્થાનકને વિષે બેસીને દાતણ કરવું અને પછી પવિત્ર જળે કરીને સ્નાન કરીને પછી ધોયેલું વસ્ત્ર એક પહેરવું અને એક ઓઢવું. ॥ 50 ॥

And then one should sit at one place and brush the teeth and have bath with pure water and wear one cloth and wrap around another cloth. || 50 ||

Commentary

After finishing the cleansing, one should sit at one place and brush the teeth. One should keep the container of filtered water while brushing the teeth. First of all wash the brushing stick (Datun) with clean water, chew it with the teeth and then brush the teeth with it. After brushing the teeth, wash the stick with clean water and split it into two parts. Use them to clean the tongue. Again wash these split parts and throw them away. Clean the mouth with twelve gargles. When the brushing stick is not available use the tongue cleaner to clean the tongue. Using clean water gargle twelve times to clean the mouth. i.e. 'Dant Dhaavan'. After cleaning the mouth, have bath with pure water. Everyday having bath in a river, lake, stepwell etc. with cool water is considered the best. Weak people, who can’t have bath with cool water, can use lukewarm water. After finishing the bath, one should wear a clean cloth and wrap around another clean cloth. The cloth which is used to wrap around i.e. 'Uttariya' should be half in size than the 'Kativastra' i.e. the cloth to wear around the waist. Also, these clothes should be of pure cotton, silk, wool or jute. These clothes should be washed before using, if they are soiled. Be­cause properly washed, clean clothes invoke the Satwik charac­teristics and it becomes easier to concentrate.