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VRATAS
THIRD VRATA.
Sthula-adattadana-viramana vrata: dana means taking; datta mea as given; 'a' means not. Therefore the Dame of the vow means a resolution to refrain from gross forms of taking what is not given. Theft.
The idea in theft is taking other people's property without the consent of the owner. There is the gross form' which is anything taken that is considered valuable, when it is not given by the owner. And there is the mind subtle kind (sukshme], when the thing taken is not considered by its owner, or generally, to have a value. If you take a thing of value it is a breach of the vow. The other is not the breach of the vow, but try to avoid it.
Fruits.
The result of the observance of this vow is that you are trusted by all people, you are considered a good man; and in that way you prosper; and it developes strength of character.
As far as the future life is concerned there is the higher state and the devastate. If the vow is not taken or you soil it, then the result is untrustworthiness, you cannot carry out your ideas; and then also there is legal punishment, and then in the future state there is a miserable state in which you are all the time in dependence for your maintenance,
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