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## Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
## Sixth Dasha
**Commentary:** This Sutra describes how a non-believing soul cannot renounce the 18 sins. They do not renounce (1) **Praṇātipāta** (all forms of violence against living beings). By "all forms," it means they do not renounce even those acts of violence that are considered reprehensible in worldly conduct. For example, they do not hesitate to commit infanticide, killing women, betrayal, killing sages, killing Brahmins, and killing cows. Similarly, one should understand the meaning of other sins through inference. Here, we will simply give their meaning:
1. **Praṇātipāta** = All forms of violence against living beings.
2. **Mṛṣāvāda** = False testimony, etc.
3. **Adattādāna** = Theft.
4. **Maithuna** = Sexual acts, adultery, etc.
5. **Parigraha** = Attachment.
6. **Krodha** = Anger.
7. **Māna** = Ego.
8. **Māyā** = Deception, trickery.
9. **Lobha** = Greed.
10. **Rāga** = Passion, lust, etc.
11. **Dveṣa** = Hatred.
12. **Kalaha** = Discord, conflict.
13. **Abhyākhyāna** = Slandering others.
14. **Piśunata** = Gossiping.
15. **Para-parivāda** = Speaking ill of others behind their backs.
16. **Rati-arati** = Pleasure at the acquisition of objects and displeasure at their non-acquisition.
17. **Māyā-mṛṣā** = Speaking falsely with deception. For example, deceiving others by changing one's appearance and speaking falsely about hunting animals, etc.
18. **Mithyā-darśana-śalya** = Describing the nature of things falsely, concealing true things, and inventing false things (that do not exist). For example, believing that the soul is not the doer and that God is the doer.