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3. Guhya bhāshana ; has two meanings (1) divulging a thing that is secret, (2) backbiting or slandering. And these things must be done unintentionally through carelessness or rashness. It it is done for the Government intentionally, then it is anāchāra.
4. Kuta lekha ; literally means making a false document, imitation of other people's writing. Any false document. If the vow is taken as regards the body and not merely “I shall not speak a lie", then making a false document is a breach of the vow, because you have made a false document, but it is only a breach when done intentionally and knowingly. If it is done rashly and you do not enquire into the matter then it is only atichāra.
5. Vishvasta-mantra-bheda; divulging the secrets of friends, wife, etc. This disclosure leads to the shame, perhaps, of the friend, and it is harmful to him ; hence there is breach.
As already mentioned under vow No. I these vows are taken internally and externally, and if the action falls short of the external breach but does not fall short of the internal breach, then it is called a partial transgression or atichāra, because the internal part is transgressed. And in the foregoing illustrations the fact that the internal part is transgressed is to be seen in the fact of the rashness and injury that accompany the action; these vows are under
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