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## Chapter 178, Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra, Sixth Dasha
**Word-by-Word Meaning:**
- **Asamikkhīyakārī:** Those who act without contemplation
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Āsa-ghora:** Horses
- **Hatthi:** Elephants
- **Go:** Cows
- **Mahisāo:** Buffaloes
- **Gavelaga:** Goats and sheep
- **Dāsī:** Female slaves
- **Dās:** Male slaves
- **Kammakara:** Workers
- **Porussāo:** Groups of men
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Kay:** Buying
- **Vikkay:** Selling
- **Māsaddha:** Half a māṣa (a unit of weight)
- **Māsaruuvaga:** Māṣa-shaped
- **Sanvvahārāo:** Transactions
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Hiranṇ:** Gold
- **Suvaṇṇ:** Gold
- **Dhaṇ:** Wealth
- **Dhanna:** Grain
- **Maṇi:** Gems
- **Mottiy:** Pearls
- **Sankha:** Conch shells
- **Sil:** Stones
- **Ppvalāo:** Coral
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Kūḍatula:** False weights
- **Kūḍamāṇāo:** False measures
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Ārambh:** Beginnings
- **Samārabhāo:** Commencements
- **Payan:** Cooking food oneself
- **Payavaṇāo:** Having food cooked by others
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Karaṇ:** Doing
- **Karāvaṇāo:** Causing to be done
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Savvāo:** All kinds of
- **Kuṭṭaṇ:** Grinding
- **Piṭṭaṇ:** Beating
- **Tajjaṇ:** Threatening
- **Tāļaṇāo:** Torturing
- **Vah:** Catching
- **Bandha:** Binding
- **Parikiļesāo:** All kinds of afflictions
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
- **Jeyāvaṇṇe:** From these
- **Tahhpagārā:** Such
- **Sāvajja:** Blameworthy
- **Abōhiyā:** Ignorant
- **Kamma:** Actions
- **Kajjati:** Are performed
- **Par-pāṇ:** Other beings' lives
- **Pariyāvaṇ-kaḍā:** Tormenting
- **Kamma:** Actions
- **Kajjanti:** Are performed
- **Tato vi:** From these also
- **Appḍiviriyā:** Do not abstain from
- **Jāv-jīvāe:** Throughout life
**Meaning:**
- **Nāstika:** Atheists are those who act without contemplation. They cannot abstain from horses, elephants, cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, male and female slaves, workers, and groups of men throughout their lives. They cannot abstain from all kinds of buying, selling, transactions involving half a māṣa or māṣa-shaped objects. They cannot abstain from all kinds of gold, wealth, grain, gems, pearls, conch shells, stones, and coral. They cannot abstain from all kinds of false weights, false measures, beginnings, commencements, cooking food oneself, having food cooked by others, doing, causing to be done, grinding, beating, threatening, torturing, catching, binding, and all kinds of afflictions throughout their lives.
- **From these:** They also perform blameworthy actions that arise from ignorance, actions that torment the lives of other beings. They do not abstain from these throughout their lives.