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is subjected to pain, imprisonment and suffering in this life. And after death he takes an inauspicious birth. He becomes also despicable. Hence it is good to give up causing injury etc.
In the same manner, the person who speaks falsehood becomes untrustworthy, and he is meted out punishment. He is also subjected to various sufferings by the vindictive persons who have been afflicted by his falsehoods. And after death he is plunged into miserable life in his next birth. He is despised too by others. Hence it is good to renounce falsehood.
Similarly the thief, who is intent on depriving others of their possessions, causes affliction (anxiety) to all. In this world itself he is beaten, given blows, put in bonds etc. His property is confiscated. And after death he takes an inauspicious birth and becomes despicable. Therefore it is good to desist from stealing.
Similarly an unchaste person with his mind agitated by lustful passion and amorous excitement, loses his control over himself. Naturally he suffers from blows, bonds and other torment, like the infatuated wild elephant tricked by a female elephant. Being infatuated he is unable to discriminate between good and evil. And he does not do anything that is right or proper. His intercourse with other woman results in promoting hatred and enmity etc. After he takes a low birth and becomes despicable. Therefore it is good to desist from incontinence.
