The performance of the rites of Homa and the observance of the five sacrifices are their duties. A due observance of the rules about distribution of the fivefold sacrifices as ordained in the Vedas, devotion to sacrifices, forming the eighth, observance observance of the Chaturmasya, performance of the Paurnamasya and other sacrifices, and performance of the daily sacrifices, are the duties of these celibate men, freed from every attachment, and cleansed from cvery sin. Indeed, they should live thus in the forest.
तेषां होमक्रिया धर्मः पञ्चयज्ञनिषेवणम्। भागं च पञ्चयज्ञस्य वेदोक्तस्यानुपालनम्॥ अष्टमीयज्ञपरता चातुर्मास्यनिषेवणम्। पौर्णमासादयो यज्ञा नित्ययज्ञस्तथैव च।॥ विमुक्ता दारसंयोगैर्विमुक्ताः सर्वसंकरैः। विमुक्ताः सर्वपापैश्च चरन्ति मुनयो वन॥