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अल्पादपि मृषावादाद्रौरवादिषु सम्भवः ।
अन्यथा वदतां जैनों वाचं स्वहह का मतिः ॥ ६२ ॥
Meaning: Even a tiny lie sends a person to the most dreadful hell, what then will be the condition of a person who distorts Jina's words is unimaginable.
ज्ञानचारित्रयोर्मूलं
सत्यमेव
धात्री पवित्रीक्रियते तेषां
अलीक ये न भाषन्ते नापराद्धमलं तेभ्यो
वदन्ति ये ।
चरण रेणुभिः ॥६३॥
सत्यव्रतमहाधनाः । भूत प्रेतोरगादयः ॥ ६४॥
Meaning: This earth becomes purified by the dust of the feet of people who speak truth, the root cause of knowledge and character. Those who have got enormous riches in the form of the Vrata (vow) of truth, do not utter a lie. They are never afflicted or harassed by devils, demons, serpents etc. etc.
Non-Stealing
दौर्भाग्यं प्रेष्यतां दास्यमङ्गच्छेदं दरिद्रताम् । श्रदत्तात्तफलं ज्ञात्वा स्थूलस्तेयं विवर्जयेत् ॥६५॥
Meaning: Ill luck, slavery invalidity and poverty are the fruits of the breach of the third vrata called non-stealing.
पतितं विस्मृतं नष्टं स्थितं स्थापितमाहितम् ।
प्रदत्तं नाददीत स्वं परकीयं क्वचित् सुधीः ॥६६॥
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Meaning Wise people should never accept and keep wealth belonging to others and dropped off on the ground, that has been forgotten, lost, kept in the
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