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22/MANAV DHARMA
animals are described as the five faults of the " Parigraha -Parimana” Vow or vrata.
Description :
Under the pressure of passions, to accumulate a large number of vehicals than needed; to store even necessary articles of business, food-stuffs, clothing etc. than actually required; expressing wonder at the pomp and prosperity of other persons, excessive greed, over loading the animals, all these desires are contrary to the feelings of contentment and are the causes of giving rise to more and more of expectations, hopes and desires.
Once a hunter killed a deer in the forest with his bow and arrow; at that very moment he was biten by a black cobra (snake) and the hunter fell down on the ground The snake too died by coming under the body weight of the hunter and the hunter, too, died due to poison. Both of them met the consequences of their evil deeds. After a while, a jackal passed by that way and looking the three dead bodies on the earth, he was over joyed on getting a lot of food-stuff for him. He started thinking that for so many days, he would depend for his meals on these three dead bodies of a deer. a man and a snake. Out of greed, the jackal thought of satisfying his hunger by eating the string of the bow and keeping the rest for other days. The string was made up of an animal's intestine and he began to eat the string.
The bow, made up of Bamboo, was suddenly broken and it pierced into the body of the jackal, causing its death. This is total result of excessive greed. Hence those, who want peace and happiness should always, keep aside the feelings of excessive greed and passions and for them contentment is essential. All the five vows-called five 'Anuvratas' are easily followed up with the observance of contentment and those who follow it indisriminately. are bound to get rid of the conditions of lower existence (Durgatii) and such persons or living beings are bound to get conditions of celestial existence. That is why it is said -
पञ्चाणुव्रत निधयो, निरतिक्रमणाः फलन्ति सुरलोकम् । यत्रावधिरष्ट - गुणा, दिव्य-शरीरं च लभ्यन्ते ॥ ६३ ॥
Explanation :
The observance of the five minor vows of the layman, without committing transgressions there of, bears fruit in the shape of a birth in the Heaven world where the soul acquires clairvoyance (Avadhi gyana), the eight kinds of miraculous powers and a divine body.
