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refusing to listen to them etc. is a great sin leading even to hell. It also gives us some information about the medical science in those days. Moreover, it, as well as some of the forthcoming lectures (viz. seven, eight and ten), tells us that no medicines can cure the terrible diseases and pain which are a result of great sinful actions. The side-episode of the blind man also indirectly teaches us the lesson of contentment and of not minding miseries because there are persons in this world who are more miserable even than we.
The second lecture of Ujziyaya tells us that torturing animals by cutting their limbs and eating their flesh etc. as also drinking wine is a great sin and leads to gallows and hells. It also gives us some information about the ancient customs of the public announcement of offenders and the mode of taking them to the gallows. It also teaches that addiction to harlots, sexual enjoyments and other vices such as drinking wine, gambling etc. are also great sins and lead to transmigration into hells and other lower existen, ces for endless time. It also gives us some legal information viz, in ancient times when a courtesan became a kept mistress of a person she had to
