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28. (Some say) "We are permitted the use of sachitt water." (This is what the Ajivaks and Shaivaites say). (Some say) "We are permitted the use of water for drinking as well as bathing or cosmetic purpose." (This is the opinion of Buddhist Shramans). (Thus quoting their respective scriptures) they harm water-bodied beings with numerous types of weapons.
29. Quoting their scriptures they (the mendicants who indulge in harming water-bodied beings) cannot condone or renounce the sin of violence.
30. He who uses weapons on water-bodied beings is not free of these sins (the blemish of harming and killing living beings).
He who does not use weapons on water-bodied beings is free of these sins.
31. Therefore knowing about this (the unexpressed sufferings of the water-bodied beings) one (wise man) should not harm water-bodied beings himself, neither make others do so, nor approve of others doing so.
32. He who has properly understood the violence related to the water-bodied beings is a parijnat-karma muni (a discerning sage or an ascetic who with a discerning attitude abandons violence).
-So I say.
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