Paryushan Parv- Day Ten- Uttam Brahmcharya or Supreme Celibacy
Anupama Jain
‘The ills of life are cured, if you root out lust from your heart.’
Brahma means soul , which is chaste, enlightened, eternal and blissful andCharya means conduct. To become fully engrossed in soul is Brahmacharya-celibacy.In other words The code of conduct that leads to self-realization of Soul (orAtma) would, therefore, be the general meaning of Brahma-charya or celibacy.
On Chaturdashi devotees generally dont take cereals, instead they take only sweet water mix with crushed black pepper and soaked raisins and almond only once a day that too in evening before sunset.