Book Title: Manava Dharma
Author(s): Bhurmal Shastri, Nihalchandra Jain
Publisher: Aacharya 	Gyansagar Vagartha Vimarsha Kendra

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________________ MANAV DHARMA / 45 Once a man observed fast for “Ashthami" and did not eat anything from morning till evening. In the evening he saw a long cucumber (KAKRI 20t) and purchased it with a thought that he would eat and taste it next moming. Now the craving for that kakri started and early morning at four, he cut the same into pieces and it resulted that he started eating that cucumber (Kakri) even before the sunrise. This is an example to show that a man must not cherish an insatiable craving for gratification of senses. Hence we should all note and be careful that if we have taken any vow and have adopted abstention from the use of a particular thing, we should not keep the hope of getting it again and be indifferent from its use. Then only we can rigidly follow up our Vratas. All our vows, so taken up, should be followed up rigidly for the time limit as fixed by us. There should be no ifs and buts, there should be no transgressions of basic severity of the vow. The purity of the vow is to be maintained at every cost. Note :- In this way the description of Gunavratas have come to an end and now we shall look for SHIKSHA VRATAS

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