Book Title: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth
Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar
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१६ मुनि श्रीहजारीमल स्मृतिग्रन्थ
28. I have not harmed the food of the Gods.
29. I have not falsified the measure of the grain.
30. I have not added weight to the scales.
31. I have not taken the milk from the mouth of Children.
IV. Tenets of Continance
32. I did not commit adultery with women. 33. I did not commit sex-pollution.
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V. Tenets of Non-Possessiveness
34. I did not rob.
35. I did not rob one crying for his possessions.
36. My fortune was not great but by my (own) property. I was not avaricious.
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38. My heart devoured not (coveted not).
39. I did not stir up fear.
40. I did not wax hot (in temper).
41. I did not revile.
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I was not puffed up.
43. I did not blaspheme the God.
Ancillary Tenets
44. I did not do any abomination of God.
45. I have satisfied the God with that which he desires.
46. I have bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothing to the naked and a ferry to him who was without a boat. 47. I make divine offerings for the Gods. 48. I am one of pure mouth and pure hands.
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49. I have not known what is not.
Right Knowledge
Right Conduct
50. I live on righteousness (samyaktva), I feed on the righteousness of my heart.
Final Aim
51. I am blameless.
These injunctions are self-speaking. Their human values are obvious. Life is sacred as Soul resides in all living beings. The recognition of Soul in animal kingdom is significant. It is for this reason that animals were sacred to Osiris. The religious calendar of the Egyptians contained a number of fasts, some of which lasted from seven to forty-two days. Throughout the whole duration of every such period, the priests (or anybody undergoing such fasts) were required to abstain entirely from animal food, from herbs and vegetables and from wine. Their diet on these occasions can have been little more than bread and water. Some of the tenets of non-violence are very subtle and go very deep. Non-eating of vegetables, abstinance from violence to water and fire indicate that the Egyptians considered Vegetable Kingdom, Waterbodies and Fire-bodies to possess life. Greed, expropriation and exploitation are denounced.
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