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## Padma Purana
**191.** A woman should be avoided like a venomous snake, for she is a destroyer of men, being enslaved by greed.
**192.** Just as one feels sorrow when another man touches one's wife, so should one understand this arrangement for all.
**193.** One who indulges in sensual pleasures receives great scorn in this very life, and after death, suffers unbearable pain in the animal realm and hell.
**194.** One should always measure one's desires, for if they are not controlled, they bring great sorrow. The example of Bhadra and Kanchana is well-known in this regard.
**195.** There was a man named Bhadra who sold wares. He vowed to possess only one dinar. Once, he found a purse on the road. Although it contained many dinars, Bhadra, remembering his vow, took only one out of curiosity and left the rest.
**196.** Another man named Kanchana saw the purse and took all the dinars. The owner of the dinars was a king. When he investigated, Kanchana was sentenced to death. Bhadra, however, returned the dinar he had taken to the king, who honored him for it.
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**198.** The three Gunavrata are: renunciation of worldly possessions and punishments, limiting one's movement to specific directions, and controlling one's consumption.
**199.** The four Shikshavrata are: performing Samayika with effort, observing fasts, sharing food with guests, and practicing Sallekhana when death approaches.
**200.** A Shraman who arrives at a home without giving prior notice, is free from possessions, and is endowed with virtues like right faith, is considered a guest.
**201.** One should offer such a guest food and other necessities according to one's means, with respect and without greed. This is called Atithisambhaag.
**202.** A householder should abstain from honey, alcohol, meat, gambling, eating at night, and sexual intercourse with prostitutes.