In English
Students today do not realise the inner meaning of some of the rituals practised by the ancients and preserved even today They have been prescribed for specific purposes and are full of meaning. They are intended to achieve physical, mental and spiritual purity. In this context I would like to relate an incident. The grandson of an old gentleman watched the latter sipping a few drops of water from the palm after uttering a . The lad, who was dipping his pen from time to time in an ink bottle to do his homework, asked his grandfather why he was drinking the water in small droplets instead of drinking it all in one gulp. The grandfather asked him why he was dipping his pen into the ink bottle frequently instead of pouring the ink on the paper! Just as the pen has to be dipped for writing a few words at a time the water has to be taken with the words of the each time. The lad learnt a good lesson from the example of his action.