Manava Dharma

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

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6 / MANAV DHARMA
to abstain from them partially is known as Anuvratas. Generally speaking every human being, high or small, thinks them as unauspicious activity or sinful activity and a householder must abstain himself from these sinful activities. Though some people are of the opinion that a householder can not escape from doing these five activities or sins, he is bound to do sinful activities. Because if a house holder will not do such sinful activity then who is going to do ? But this notion of the people is totally wrong because if doing violence or stealing is taken as a regular feature or work of a householder then there will stand no need to punish such doers.
Hence it can be said that violence or stealing is not proper for any wing, that may be a householder or an Ascetic. Doers of such activities are only self-willed people and to control their undesired actions, there is the provision of punishment in the governmental Administration. It is, thus, the prime duty of every man, every human being to be safe from such sinful activities.
Out of the five sins, the first name comes of Violence and how one can safe guard himself from this violence, has been explained in the following verse :
सङ्कल्पात्कृत-कारित-मननाद्योग-त्रयस्य चरसात्त्वान् ।
न हिनस्ति यत्तदाहुः स्थूल वधाद्विरमणं निपुणाः ॥५३॥ Explanation :
Refraining from injuring living beings having two or more senses, with a deliberate act of mind, speech or body, in any of the three ways KRITA () KARITA (afta) MANANAT OR ANUMODANA (31HGI) is called Ahinsa Anuvrata by the wise.
The layman who has taken the vow of refraining from 'himsa' does not intentionally injure any form of life above the class of one sensed beings (vegetables and the like) by an act of mind, speech and body (Krita) nor does he incite others to commit such an act (Karita) nor even approves of it, subsequent of its commission by others at (mananat or Anumodana)
Description :
Learned and noble great persons have wisely called Ahimsanuvrata, where abstinence from major violence is possible. To create suffering for any living being is called 'Himsa', this is very well known to all of us. There are two kinds of living beings on this earth-mobile and immobite-like earth, water, fire air and plants having only one-senseknown as sthavara (FIERI) and having all the five senses are known