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## First Study: Gathapati Ananda
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Not paying wages, unfairly deducting wages, obstructing someone's livelihood, demanding excessive work from servants and dependents, but not providing them with adequate and proper food in proportion to their work, not paying wages - all these are included in this transgression. Doing such things is a bad deed, it is playing with the lives of people.
The special mention of animals in these transgressions makes it clear that animal husbandry was an essential part of a householder's life at that time. Animals were used extensively in household, agricultural and commercial activities. Today, social conditions have changed. Cruelty, brutality, and oppression have emerged in many new forms. Therefore, the devotee should carefully examine his daily life, grasp the essence of these transgressions, and avoid cruel acts.
## Transgressions of Satyavrata
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Thereafter, one should know the five transgressions of the vow of refraining from gross falsehood, and should not engage in them. They are as follows:
* Saha-abhyakhyan
* Rahasya-abhyakhyan
* Swadaramantra-bhed
* Mrish-upadesh
* Kood-lekh-karan
## Explanation
* **Saha-abhyakhyan:** Accusing someone falsely and abruptly without thinking.
* **Rahasya-abhyakhyan:** Revealing someone's secret or confidential matter.
* **Swadaramantra-bhed:** Revealing the secret of one's wife.
* **Mrish-upadesh:** Giving someone wrong advice or false teachings.
* **Kood-lekh-karan:** Writing a false or forged document, preparing false or forged documents to cheat or deceive others.
**Saha-abhyakhyan:** Saha means abruptly. When something is said hastily without thinking, this word is used. In doing so, emotion works more than reason. Saha-abhyakhyan means accusing someone falsely and abruptly without thinking. If this accusation is made with malice, ill-will, and distress, then it is not a transgression, it becomes a sin. There, the devotee's vow is broken. There is some lightness in doing so without thinking. However, the devotee should not accuse anyone in this way even out of anger or emotion. This weakens or loosens the vow.