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MANAV DHARMA / 43 efforts could not reach to the bunches of sweet grapes, she declared that she would not eat such a bunch of sour grapes. And went away with dejection.
Valour does not lie in renouncing that article which is of no use. But to refrain oneself from eating the sweet dish of Halwa which is readily and easily available, then that will be called Real Renunciation.
नियमो यमश्य विहितौ द्वेधा भोगोपभोग संहारात् ।
नियमः परिमित कालो यावज्जीवं यमो ध्रियते ॥८७॥ Explanation :
Renunciation of bhogas and upbhogas is of two kinds, NIYAMA and YAMA, of these the one which has a time limit is called NIYAMA and the other that which is undertaken for life is YAMA. Vows take the form of either Niyama or Yama. Description :
Any restrain taken with some determination is that which is restrained for a limited period e.g. a leamed Author started to write some grantha or a book and he has taken an oath that till the writing of this book is finished, he will not take or eat salt. Such kind of determination is called Niyama, but if any thing is restrained for the whole of life, that renunciation is called Yama. Learned and wise people, as far as possible, under their ability and capacity, do renounce the objects of bhoga and upbhoga in the areas, of eating, clothing and merriments, with a firm aim to control their sense of mind from all worldly passions, so that all the ifs and buts of the mind should come to an end Further it has been explained in the following next verse: -
H7019-7167-4179-F1-ufaalg-m ताम्बूल-वसन-भूषण-मन्मथ-संगीत-गीतेषु ॥४८॥ अद्य दिवा रजनी वा पक्षो मासस्तथर्तुरयनं वा ।
इति काल परिच्छित्त्या प्रत्याख्यानं भवेन्नियमः ॥८९॥ Explanation :
Abstaining for a certain fixed period of time, as for instance, for an hour, a day, a night, a fortnight, a month, a season or half a year, from food, conveyance, couch, bathing, garlanding, betel leaf, clothes, ornaments, co-habitation, music or singing is Niyams.
