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## Chapter 674
**12.** A careless person who causes the separation of a being's life due to being the cause of its suffering, is the cause of *adharma* (unrighteousness) and the cause of bondage. However, for a being who acts with mindfulness and without carelessness, even if the separation of a being's life occurs, it is not the cause of bondage.
**129.** A careless being first destroys its own self through carelessness, and then the killing of other beings may or may not occur.
**130.** Speech that causes suffering to beings, whether it is about something that exists or does not exist, is called *asatyavachan* (false speech) or *anritavachan* (untruthful speech). Conversely, speech that benefits beings is called *ritavachan* (true speech) or *satyavachan* (truthful speech).
**131.** Taking something that has not been given is called *steya* (theft). However, theft occurs only when there is an act driven by the result of *samklesha* (afflictions).
**132.** *Brahmacharya* (celibacy) is the true *brahma* (divine principle) where the qualities of non-violence, etc., flourish. Conversely, the act of engaging in sexual intercourse between a man and a woman is *abrahmacharya* (non-celibacy).
**133.** Attachment to external possessions like cows, horses, gems, pearls, etc., whether they are sentient or insentient, and attachment to internal afflictions like *raga* (attachment), etc., is called *parigraha* (attachment). This *parigraha* is to be abandoned.
**134.** The five vows of non-violence, etc., are the forms of renunciation from these five sins. These vows are of two types: *mahavrat* (great vows) and *anuvrat* (minor vows). One who observes these vows is called a *vrati* (one who observes vows).
**135.** Even if one is connected to vows, one is considered a true *vrati* only if one is free from *shalya* (thorns). *Shalya* is of three types: *maya* (illusion), *nidana* (cause), and *mithyatva* (falsehood). This *shalya* is like thorns, causing suffering.
**136.** There are two types of *vrati*: *sagara* (one who observes minor vows) and *anagara* (one who observes great vows). Those who observe *anuvrat* are called *sagara*, and those who observe *mahavrat* are called *anagara*.
**137.** One who is still attached to *raga* (attachment), even if living in the forest, is a *sagara* householder. One who has renounced *raga* (attachment), even if living in a house, is an *anagara*.
**138.** The first *anuvrat* called *ahimsa* (non-violence) is the renunciation of harming stationary and mobile beings.