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Deśävakasika Vrata
( Tenth Vow ) दिग्वतं परिमाणं यत्तस्य संक्षेपणं पुनः ।
दिने रात्रौ च देशावकासिकत्रवमुच्यते ॥ १ ॥ 1. Dig-vratam parimāņam yat tasya saikṣépaņam punah
Diné râtrau ca Dèsāvakäsika vratam ucyate.
T A brief ennumeration during day and night of the minor conditions adopted for the preservation of the Dig-virati vrata (sixth vow) is called Désâvakāsıka Vrata.
Explanation :-Suppose any person has taken a vow to make a journey of five hundred miles to a certain town and return back, and if he is not able to make the journey on a certain day, he may curtail the distance to one or two miles that he may go during the may day or during the night. Or, if he does not make the journey at all the may curtail the distance remaining in the house during day and night, and thus avoid the sin that he may incur by going out and doing undertakings that doing may involve destruction of the lives of numerous living beings This is the second sikşā vrata (moral precept ).
Transgressions of the Deśãvakāsika Vrata पेष्यप्रयोगानयने पुद्गलक्षेपणं तथा ।
शब्दस्यानुपातौ च व्रते देशावकासिके ।। १ ।। 1 Présyaprayog a-ānayané pudgala-ksépânam tatha
Sabdasya-anupattau ca vraté Désăvakāśiké
1. Sending another person to do one's work to a distance exceeding the limit fixed for the vow. 2. Getting an, thile from a place outside the limited area. 3 Throwing a pebu 2 or a similar object to a person outside one's limited area for the purpose of inviting him for a particular object. 4 Calling him by shouting to him, and 5. Calling him by showing one's face-- These five are the transgressions of the Désavakāsika Vrata.
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