Shloka : 168

कार्यश्च सकृदाहारस्ताभि: स्वापस्तु भूतले।

मैथुनासक्तयोर्वीक्षा क्वापि कार्या न देहिनो: ॥ 168 ॥

અને વિધવા સ્ત્રીઓ તેમણે એકવાર આહાર કરવો ને પૃથ્વીને વિષે સૂવું. અને મૈથુનાસક્ત એવાં જે પશુપક્ષી આદિક જીવપ્રાણીમાત્ર તેમને ક્યારેય જાણીને જોવાં નહિ. ॥ 168 ॥

And a widow should have food only once in a day and sleep on a floor. And she should not observe knowingly any birds, animals etc. living beings engaged in copulation. || 168 ||

Commentary

A widow should have food only once in a day. But on festival days and while performing penance, she should observe the fast without having any food. And she should sleep on the floor but should not sleep on a cot. And except for the emergency she should not sleep during daytime. Moreover, a widow should not observe any living beings who are engaged in copulation i.e. engaged in sexual pleasures, because by observing them, immediately her mind gets distracted and therefore, there is a possibility of breach of celibacy. Moreover, a widow should not think about a man in her mind with lustfull feelings and should not draw the picture of a man and should not touch a statue representing some sexual activity. And she should never become friendly with men evenif her most important material or spiritual (related to Trivarga i.e. three ends of life Dharma, Arth, Kama) motive could be accomplished through the friendship.