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copulation (4M).between the man and woman for sexual satisfaction. In this action of copulation, both need the favourable desires and as such the hunger for sex becomes limited to an extent. But the man, who is in the habit of doing hand-practice, becomes totally free in indulging such action, without looking to time of the day or the night. His situation at that moment, becomes worst than an animal because he becomes free to have this practice many-a-times in the day. and due to all these unlimited sensuous passions, he is bound to become a victim of so many serious diseases like gonorrhoea (सूजाक) and syphilis (आतशक) etc.
To have food and sexual intercourse are the natural habits of a man and he becomes addict to these. Like friends, food and sex should also be limited. Too much eating of food causes indigestion which, in its tum, becomes the cause of fever. Similarly, too much of sexual intercourse or copulation turns a man highly perturbed and mentally disturbed. The more is the copulation, the more will be the desire of contacts with a woman, instead of subsiding the sexual passions. Hence there is the need to keep away from the habit of more and and more copulation. But contrary to it, if the body becomes more desirous, the mind becomes more active, and wants to establish sex contacts with a woman, then it is better and advisable to have sexual contacts, with in proper limits in satisfactory manners. Really speaking, satisfaction, both of mind and body. is a means of spiritual peace.
धनधान्यादि ग्रन्थं परिमाय ततोऽधिकेषु निःस्पृहता ।
परिमित परिग्रहः स्यादिच्छा-परिमाण-नामापि ॥६१॥ Explanation :
Having fixed the measure of one's worldly possessions, cash, grain and the like, to desire for no more is called the PARIGRAHA PARIMANA (possession - limiting) Vow. also known as Ichchha Parimana (desire-limiting) Description :
Efforts to accumulate the cash and grain etc and other worldly objects beyond their need is undesirable. The need to put a limit on their accumulation and keeping the normal feelings is known as "Parigraha Parimana vrata”. This vrata is of two kinds (1) those, who have adopted higher level of asceticism, must only have only one strip of cotton cloth (langot) and a cotton sheet to cover the body and that is their only worldly possession and to accumulate more is against the principle of their dignified post. Under such vow, nothing
