Shloka : 184

परिवेषणकर्त्री स्याद्यत्र स्त्री विप्रवेश्मनि ।

न गम्यं तत्र भिक्षार्थं गन्तव्यमितरत्र तु ॥ 184 ॥

અને જે બ્રાહ્મણના ઘરને વિષે સ્ત્રી પીરસનારી હોય, તેને ઘેર ભિક્ષા કરવા જવું નહિ; ને જ્યાં પુરુષ પીરસનારો હોય ત્યાં જવું. ॥ 184 ॥

And they should not go to a Brahmin's house to accept the alms where a woman serves the food, but they should go to a place where a man serves the food. || 184 ||

Commentary

The celibate devotees of Shri Hari should not go to a house for having food, where a 'female' i.e. either a girl child, young woman or an old woman, serves the food, because by visiting such houses, there is a possibility of watching a woman, which could end up in trouble like breach of celibacy. Therefore, they should go to a place where a man serves food. And if there is an invitation to have food at the house of a Kshatriya, the food should be cooked by a religious and pious Brahmin or they should cook the food themselves after going there. Also they should carry the idol of Shri Harikrishna Mahaprabhu, which they worship, and offer food to the idol first, perform 'Mansipuja', remember God and then they should have food.

Five Tyagis, celibates or saints together should visit the places of a Brahmin, Kshatriya or Vaishya etc. people of higher caste, if they have offered to serve cooked food, which has been cooked by a pious Brahmin who follows his code of conduct; or they themselves should cook after going there. And if nobody has invited to serve cooked food, then they should accept the alms of uncooked, raw materials from someone who follows the code of conduct.