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takings to exercise self-control and to refrain from injuring others and when there is rashness or carelessness and injury in an action then the vow is not fully carried out. And because there is both rashness (or carelessness) and injury to others the above mentioned illustrations are atichāras, even if the actual words spoken are true.
is :
Fruits.
The fruit that you reap by observing this vow
1. People trust you; it creates trustworthi
ness.
2. You accomplish your best objects; otherwise you try to do something and fail.
3. Your words become fruitful and do not go in vain. You are liked by the people.
And then there are results which come in the future life much the same as in the first vrata.
Mithyatva.
Some further details about mithyātva.
There are four primary stages of mithyatva, namely:
Pradesha-mithyātva: those karmic atoms
which remain in the state of satta (dormancy) assi
milated with the soul.
There are seven divisions of
this, namely the :
1.
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