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107-108. Abrahm is copulation arising from sexual desire. It is attended with the killing of life all round, and Himsa is therefore present in the act. Just as a hot rod of iron burns up the sesamum seed filled in a tube in which it is in. troduced, in the same way many beings are killed in the vagina during copulation.
Commentary. The vagina is said to be full of numerous living organisms, being constantly and spontaneously born there and these would of course, be killed in the friction brought about in sexual intercourse. यदपि क्रियते किञ्चिन्मदनोद्रेकादनगरमणादि। तत्रापि भवति हिंसा रागाद्युत्पत्तितन्त्रत्वात् ॥१०६॥
109. Again, whatever indulgence of the sex-passion is had in unnatural ways on account of lust, it always brings about Himsa because it has had its rise in desire etc. ये निजकलत्रमात्रं परिहर्तुं शक्नुवन्ति न हि मोहात् । निःशेषशेषयोषिन्निषेवणं तैरपि न कार्यम् ॥ ११०॥
110. Those, who, because of attachment, cannot renounce their own wives, they also should totally abstain from enjoying other females.
Commentary.
Many a householder is not sufficiently advanced to give up sexdesire altogether. It is only the ascetics who do so. The householder also should, however, observe the vow of Brahmacharya to a limited extent by total abstinence from all sexual desires with reference to females other than his own wife. या मूर्छा नामेयं विज्ञातव्यः परिग्रहो ह्येषः। मोहोदयादुदीर्णो मूर्छा तु ममत्वपरिणामः ॥ १११॥
111. Attachment itself should be understood to be Parigraha. Attachment is affectionate regard arising from the operation of Moha Karma.
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