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पयरणं]
अटुंगजोगो .
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The Yama of celibacy, which is natural, dependent upon mental purity, easily attainable and which is ever pleasing, shines like a light in life and is the best of austerities.
66 Those are the foremost of the powerful and their glory is extolled in heaven, who, even in the presence of a nymph [ a beautiful lady ), unbrokenly maintain the vow of celibacy, the best Teertha.
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Because of covetousness illusory attach. : ment creeps on a being, and illusion forges the
bonds of Karma. Seeing this the sages being disattached, renounce all money and other worldly objects.
68 Householdership and Yatihood are quite different states. One who possesses Parigrahamoney and the like, is not a monk, but a householder. If we call a man who is covering and accepting gifts, an ascetic, then why should a householder who also accepts gifts, be not called an ascetic ?
