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The 4th Vrata is called sya-dārā-santosha-paradâra-viramana vrata, and is the means which the layman may adopt for this purpose. That which he undertakes to refrain from is the act known in physiology as 'penetration'; and he may vow either :
1. to give up such act with other people's wives whether they are inarried to the man or only kept,
2. to be satisfied with his own wife.
He may also undertake to try to think no sex passion and to speak no words which mean sex intercourse and to use care in the matter of dreams. Also if he choose he may undertake to have no wife other than his present one (so that in case of her death he would not be disturbed with passion towards another woman). And he may undertake to observe absolute chastity in the day time. Also to try to observe the following nine rules given below.
The meaning of the vow as far as the words go is sva means own; dārā means wife; Santosha means being satisfied with. This is the first part of the vow. Para means others; dārā means wives ; viramana means refraining from, vrata means a choice or undertaking. This is the second part of the vow.
If the person takes the first part, namely that he will be satisfied with his own wife, then he must not go with any other woman, whether human, deva, or
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