Shloka : 38

यस्मिन् परिहितेऽपि स्युर्दृर्श्यान्यङ्गनि चात्मन: ।

तद्दष्यं वसनं नैव परिधार्यं मदाश्रितै: ॥ 38 ॥

અને જે વસ્ત્ર પહેર્યે થકે પણ પોતાનાં અંગ દેખાય તેવું જે ભૂંડું વસ્ત્ર, તે અમારા સત્સંગી તેમણે ન પહેરવું. ॥ 38 ॥

And the clothes which display one’s body-parts, such shameless clothes should not be adorned by my devotees. || 38 ||

Commentary

If the body parts of a person which should be (covered) con­cealed, are visible to other people inspite of wearing the cloth­es, such clothes should not be worn. Because if the clothes cannot cover the body parts properly, then it is as good as not wearing them. Therefore, the devotees of Shri Hari should not wear the clothes which are considered improper by the cultured or civilized people. Such improper clothes include: very thin and transparent material like nylon through which body parts are visible; or they may be of thick material but stiched very short in length so that the bodyparts which should be concealed, are visible; or torn clothes; clothes like net; dirty clothes.

Now, this rule does not apply to the people who are very poor, who have renounced everything; the people who are not aware of their physical state due to extreme asceticism. Becuase all of them are dependant on others for their clothes.