Shloka : 87

जातायामथ तन्मुक्तौ कृत्वा स्नानं सचेलकम् ।

देयं दानं गृहिजनै: शक्त्याऽन्यैस्त्वर्च्य ईश्वर: ॥ 87 ॥

અને તે ગ્રહણ મુકાઈ રહ્યા પછી, વસ્ત્રે સહિત સ્નાન કરીને જે અમારા ગૃહસ્થ સત્સંગી હોય તેમણે, પોતાના સાર્મથ્ય પ્રમાણે દાન કરવું. અને જે ત્યાગી હોય તેમણે ભગવાનની પૂજા કરવી. ॥ 87 ॥

And once the eclipse is over, My devotees should have bath wearing clothes. My householder (Grihastha) devotees should perform charity as per their capacity and the Tyagi Sadhu devotees should perform the worship to God. || 87 ||

Commentary

As soon as the sun or the moon is released from the eclipse, if a person does not have bath alongwith the clothes to perform the purification of eclipse, that person remains impure till the next eclipse. Having bath with cool water is considered better than having bath with warm water. After having bath, charity of a cow, land, gold, Sesame seeds etc. should be performed with full faith. Charity performed or accepted without faith is futile.

A Tyagi Sadhu cannot accumulate the materials required to perform charity. Therefore, they should perform 'Mansipooja' of Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan by visualizing all the rites in their heart and real idol-worship should also be performed. But it is not the duty of a Tyagi Sadhu to perform charity like a householder devotee.