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The nature of *Artt-Roudra-Dhyan* and the *Anarth-Dand* in the form of advice on sin.
Yoga Shastra, Third Light, Verses 74-75. 245.
The *Anarth-Dand* which is opposite to the *Arth-Dand* for the body, etc., is the third *Gun-Vrat*. ||74||
Meaning: To engage in *Artt-Roudra-Dhyan*, to advise or encourage sinful acts, to provide means of violence to others, and to engage in careless conduct; these are the four types of *Anarth-Dand*. The *Arth-Dand* is the necessary beginning or tendency towards the body, etc., but the *Anarth-Dand* is that which brings no benefit except harm to oneself or others, and which causes the soul to be punished without reason. To abandon it is the third *Gun-Vrat*. ||73-74||
Explanation: To think badly is the first type of *Anarth-Dand*. It has two divisions: *Artt-Dhyan* and *Roudra-Dhyan*. *Artt-Dhyan* - *Rit*. That which arises from sorrow is called *Artt* or *Aarti*, meaning pain or torture. The meditation that arises from it is *Artt-Dhyan*. (Dhyan Shatak 6-10) It has four types: 1. When one comes into contact with unpleasant words, etc., the polluted being, due to attachment, worries about their complete separation from them; and also thinks that they should not come into contact with them again. 2. When there is pain in the stomach, pain in the head, or pain in any part of the body, to cry out, to writhe, to think intensely about their separation from it again and again. To worry that they should not come into contact with it again, and to become agitated in mind to counteract it. 3. When one obtains favorable objects of pleasure, such as words, etc., and those that are pleasant to the senses, to have a strong attachment (attachment) to them, and to think that they should never be separated from them, and that they should continue to come into contact with them again and again. 4. To make a request in the form of a remedy for the wealth, form, or happiness, etc., of Indra, Chakravarti, etc., or to writhe in agony for the attainment of an unseen, unheard, or unknown object, and to meditate on it in a wicked way. These four types of *Artt-Dhyan* occur to beings who are filled with attachment, aversion, delusion, and ignorance. *Artt-Dhyan* increases the cycle of birth and death, which is like a world, and leads to *Tiyach-Gati*.
*Roudra-Dhyan* - *Roudra* means terrible. That which is terrible in nature or which causes others to cry and suffer is called *Roudra-Dhyan*. *Roudra-Dhyan* is also of four types: 1. *Hinsa-Anubandhi*, 2. *Mrish-Anubandhi*, 3. *Steya-Anubandhi*, and 4. *Sanrakshan-Anubandhi*. (a) To kill beings, to bind them, to burn them, to beat them, to break them, to riot, etc., or to create a conspiracy in the mind about violence, to make a violent plan in the mind, to think cruelly about the aforementioned things; this is the first *Hinsa-Anubandhi* *Roudra-Dhyan*. Such a *Roudra-Dhyani* is extremely cruel, very angry, heartless, and leads to evil consequences.
(b) To falsely accuse someone else (to slander them), to deceive someone, to trap them in one's web of illusion, to deceive them, to lie, to gossip about someone else, to break a promise, to break a vow, to create a false conspiracy, etc., to be involved in such scheming or quarreling, to think about it day and night; this is the second *Roudra-Dhyan* called *Mrish-Anubandhi*. Such a *Roudra-Dhyan* practitioner is deceitful, a cheat, and a secret sinner.
(c) To be overwhelmed by intense greed and desire, to seize the wealth of others, to snatch it away, to take possession of another's land and property, to steal, to rob, to loot, to obtain more money, to think of such unethical schemes, or to be immersed in the contemplation of new and innovative ways of stealing; this is the third *Steya-Anubandhi* *Roudra-Dhyan*. Such a person is also cruel in consequence, extremely greedy, devoted to the acquisition of wealth, and fearless of the consequences of sin in the afterlife.
(d) To be constantly suspicious of the loss of words, etc., or of means and wealth, to worry about how to accumulate wealth, to deceive the government, partners, or others, to protect wealth or means; to be immersed in such worries day and night; such a person is a *Sanrakshan-Anubandhi* *Roudra-Dhyani*. Such a person is cruel enough to kill the person who takes away or spends their wealth. These four types of *Roudra-Dhyan* occur to beings who are afflicted by the passions of attachment, aversion, and delusion; they increase the world and lead to hell. (Dhyan Shatak 18-24) This *Artt-Roudra-Dhyan* in the form of bad meditation is the first *Anarth-Dand*.