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## Mulachara
**Meaning:** Without purification of the body and other aspects, the tapasya (austerity) performed by someone, and the restraint practiced by them, will not lead to pure character or pure essential duties, even if they are a long-time initiated person. || 917 ||
**Meaning:** A sadhu who cuts off the root virtues like ahimsa (non-violence) and takes up external practices like the root of a tree or a cow, what will all those external practices do for a sadhu devoid of root virtues? They will not lead to the destruction of karma. || 998 ||
**Meaning:** A sadhu who kills many living beings and consumes food with impurities, thereby strengthening their own body, is a seeker of temporary pleasures and not a seeker of liberation. || 919 ||
**Meaning:** Whether it is one, two, or three, a lion, a tiger, or a deer, if it eats, it is considered low because it kills living beings. || 920 ||