Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

4.69. The morning sun, the smoke rising from a (burning) corpse, and a broken seat must be avoided. Let him
not clip his nails or hair, and not tear his nails with his teeth.
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4.70. Let him not crush earth or clods, nor tear off grass with his nails; let him not do anything that is useless or
will have disagreeable results in the future.
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4.71. A man who crushes clods, tears off grass, or bites his nails, goes soon to perdition, likewise an informer
and he who neglects (the rules of) purification.
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4.72. Let him not wrangle; let him not wear a garland over (his hair). To ride on the back of cows (or of oxen) is
anyhow a blamable act.
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4.73. Let him not enter a walled village or house except by the gate, and by night let him keep at a long distance
from the roots of trees.
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4.74. Let him never play with dice, nor himself take off his shoes; let him not eat, lying on a bed, nor what has
been placed in his hand or on a seat.
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4.75. Let him not eat after sunset any (food) containing sesamum grains; let him never sleep naked, nor go
anywhere unpurified (after meals).
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4.76. Let him eat while his feet are (yet) wet (from the ablution), but let him not go to bed with wet feet. He
who eats while his feet are (still) wet, will attain long life.
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4.77. Let him never enter a place, difficult of access, which is impervious to his eye; let him not look at urine or
ordure, nor cross a river (swimming) with his arms.
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4.78. Let him not step on hair, ashes, bones, potsherds, cotton-seed or chaff, if he desires long life.
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4.79. Let him not stay together with outcasts, nor with Kandalas, nor with Pukkasas, nor with fools, nor with
overbearing men, nor with low-caste men, nor with Antyavasayins.