Jambhoji: An intro 1. To observe segregation of the mother and newborn for 30 days after delivery
To prevent infection to the mother and the baby during a stage when both are highly susceptible to outside
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Also to provide forced rest to the woman when she is very weak
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2. To keep woman away from all activities for 5 days during her menstrual periods
Rules in Hindi To provide compulsory rest to the woman
Rules in English (also, considering the poor hygiene levels in those days or even today in rural India)
For woman
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3. To take early morning bath daily
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4. To maintain both external and internal cleanliness and remaining content
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Internal cleanliness meansà good intentions, humble behaviour, character without envious feelings, etc.
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from the day)
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Morning meditation to ponder over the proposed activities of day, whether my actions are right, moral or am I
Guru Vani going to do something against my life values. Also, to pray the lord for directions and power to move ahead in
the life path.
Evening meditation to take a stock of day’s activities, whether I made any mistake? Did I hurt somebody?
Whether I spent the day in constructive activities or just wasted this valuable time?
Some authors say thrice a day
6 .To sing the Lord’s glory and reciting His virtues every evening
7 To offer daily oblation to the holy fire with a heart filled with feelings of welfare, love and
devotion
Daily (preferably morning) oblations with:
Feelings of welfare of all living being
Love for nature and whole world
Devotion to the Lord
11 To be compassionate
Compassion helps in purifying the heart. It is opposite** to the forgiveness (Refer rule 10 and end note) in a
sense that in forgiving, we keep our heart and mind cool against some external stimuli, whereas in compassion,
we imbibe the feelings of the helpless. We put ourselves in the shoes of victim (of some other external
circumstance, assault, stimuli) and acting accordingly.
16. To observe fast and meditate on no-moon night (and the same day i.e. Amavsya)
To provide rest to the body and its internal systems. This day of the month has a special significance from
astronomical and planetary science’s point of view. In addition, the regular fading of the moon’s appearance is
also symbolic of the perishable nature of life. So in this context, one should not waste his/her energy in the daily
routine work but should ‘charge’ his /her energy level and introspect & ponder over the collective welfare
21. To partake food cooked by self/ other religious person or one who is pure by heart and
work
22. To provide a common shelter (Thhat) for goat/sheep to avoid them being slaughtered in
abattoirs
No Bishnoi should sell a male goat/sheep because these could be used for slaughtering purposes. Hence, he
should send them to Thhat’s where the whole community provides feed and shelter for them. In later years,
most Bishnoi’s got out of the business of rearing goats/ sheep, etc.