Practising rigid vows, he should abstain from speaking with women, Shudras, and degraded persons. A Brahmana by observing such rules may be freed off of all sins unconsciously committed by him.
स्त्रीशूद्रं पतितं चापि नाभिभाषेद् व्रतान्वितः पापान्यज्ञानतः कृत्वा मुच्येदेवंव्रतो द्विजः॥