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## Discussion on the transgressions of the fifth vow
**Violation of the fifth vow due to transgression of the numerical limit**
**Verse 94:** Transgression of the numerical limit of the fifth vow occurs due to violation of verse 95 of the third light of Yoga Shastra. ||94||
**Doubt:** Here, a doubt arises: If transgression of the accepted limit (number or quantity) in a vow leads to the breaking of the vow, then how is it called a transgression? We will address this in the following verse. ||266||
**Verse 95:** From bondage, from feeling, from pregnancy, from journey, and from donation, these five transgressions occur for one who has taken the fifth vow, which are not appropriate for the vow-taker. ||95||
**Explanation:** Even without directly transgressing the limit (number) of possessions like wealth and grain, if one who is observing the vow holds the feeling of vow-protection, and with his understanding (good sense or good intention) believes that he is not breaking the vow, then five transgressions occur for that vow-taker due to the five reasons mentioned above. The vow is broken when he does not have any feeling of vow-protection and does not transgress the limit with the understanding that he is not breaking the vow. In other words, if he knowingly transgresses the limit without caring about vow-protection, then the vow is definitely broken. Here, the transgression of the vow occurs due to the five reasons mentioned above.
For example, a grain merchant has set a limit on the quantity of wealth and grain. Then, a debtor comes to pay his debt, or someone comes to give a gift, and the merchant accepts it, thinking that the quantity increases according to my rule, and my rule is for a certain month; I will accept it after that; for now, I will keep it safe in a corner of the house or with another person, or this thing will be sold from my place, and then I will take it. With this intention, he tells the giver, "Bring it after such and such month, I will take it." Or, he keeps the thing well-packed and tied with a rope in the name of the giver as a trust, and then decides to take it when the time limit of his rule is over. By making such a bond (condition or decision or tie), he keeps more wealth or grain in the house than the fixed quantity and believes that "this is his, not mine; etc." From the perspective of vow-keeping, the vow is not completely broken, but the first transgression occurs.
Similarly, transgression of the number of utensils occurs due to feeling. For example, a householder has made a rule that he will not keep more than a certain number of utensils. Suppose, after making the rule, he receives the same thing as a gift, a reward, or a present, and the number doubles. Now, fearing that his vow will be broken, he breaks and repairs it with the intention of fulfilling the fixed number, combining two into one big thing, or changing its shape or design to reduce its number; but in reality, the increase in its value-proof leads to a partial breaking of the vow. Or, due to the desire to keep the vow, he does not accept the things exceeding the limit at that time, but tells the giver, "I will definitely take them after such and such time, until then you keep them in trust in my name; do not give them to anyone else except me." In this way, he collects them for himself with the desire not to give them to others, and from this perspective, he incurs transgression.
Similarly, the number of cows, buffaloes, mares, etc. is fixed for a certain period. But if the number increases due to the birth of calves, buffaloes, etc. within the fixed time, then he incurs transgression called "Dwipadchatuष्पदातिक्रम". If someone has made a rule not to keep more than a certain number of cows, buffaloes, etc. for one or two years, then he thinks that if the cows, buffaloes, etc. become pregnant during the time of my rule, then the limit of my fixed number will be broken; therefore, he makes the cows, buffaloes, etc. pregnant after a long time. By doing so, the number increases due to the arrival of calves in the womb, and from this perspective, the vow is partially broken; but since the transgression of the number is not visible from the outside, he believes that "the number of these animals has not increased according to my rule; therefore, my rule has not been broken." From this perspective, the third transgression occurs due to the breaking of the vow.