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MOCKS.
(18)
(20)
Probably as a potter, I baked pots, bricks etc. in oven; Perhaps as an oil-merchant, I crushed oil-seeds and thus accumulated sins.
(16) In case of a plough-man, I ploughed fields, tilled deep in to the earth, destroyed bad weeds, and tortured bullocks.
(17) May be a gardener, 1 planted many kinds of plants, trees, shrubs and creepers, which later bore many leaves, flowers, fruits or roots, thus i accumulated sins manifold.
As a loader, may be I heavily loaded a bullock-cart, causing festring wounds to bullocks, not taking any pity on them. (19)
Perhaps, As a dyer and printer, deceptively I worked, lit fire to purify metals and ingradients;
Had been a solidier on/battle fields, I killed many bravely fighting, ate butter roots, tubes and flesh and drank liquours. (21)
I organised mining of metals, drew outsub-soil water, performing many sinful acts, thereby great sins I accmulated.
(22) In the field and at home I lit fire for cooking etc. I swore in the name of God (Vitrag), indulged in sinful deeds in plenty. (23)
Born as a cat, I killed rats, lizards and ghilodi etc. Born as a rustic, 1 killed lice.
(24) As a baker | baked one-sense beings such as juwar, gram, wheat etc.
(25) I committed sinful deeds of pounding, grinding corn etc. | prepared cow-dung cakes as fuel for cooking.
(26) I engaged myself in four kinds of vikathas (evil tales) practised idleness (Pramad) of five kinds, separated the dear ones from each other, thus caused much discord, wailing and weeping.
(27)
| violated the major or minor vows of a sadhu or a shravaka, thus accumulated sins.
(28) Being born as a snake, a scorpion, a lion, a leapord, a kite or a falcon, I killed many living beings, caused much violence. (29)
Probably, destroyed the embryo of the pregnant ones and broke the vow of chastity. In countless births, many relations did 1
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