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5.56 tām io õnnesim.
The aspirant should not pursue any evil act. Bhagyam Sūtra 56
A sinful activity is not worthy of being committed by the wise, and therefore one should not pursue23 a sinful end. One should not even turn one's face towards it.
5.57 jam sammam ti pāsahā, tam monam ti pāsahā. jam moņam ti pāsahā, tam sammam ti pāsahā.
Look, that which is the right view is monkhood; that which is monkhood is the right view. Bhagyam Sutra 57
Monkhood' is self-restraint. 'Right view' (sammam) is right attitude. From the transcendental viewpoint, the self-restrained person alone is a person of right view.24 Concomitance between right view and selfrestraint has been demonstrated here. Here, by the word 'right view' both right knowledge and right attitude have been accepted. It has also been stated in the Cūrņi that where there is right attitude, there is necessarily the right knowledge, and where there is right knowledge there is necessarily the right attitude.25 Therefore both of them are right view.
5.58 na imam sakkam sidhilehim addijjamāņehim guņāāhim vamkasmāyārehim pamattehim gāramāvasamtehim.
This knowledge is not possible for the householders of weak forbearance, saturated with affection, addicted to sensual objects, of deceitful conduct, and non-vigilant. Bhagyam Sutra 58
The monkhood is not possible for them who are unsteady in penance and self-restraint, and are not possessed of forbearance; and also for the persons who are drenched in affection, that is, attached to their relations and the outfits; those who relish the sensual objects such
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