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व्यवहारचारित्राधिकार
4 - THE EMPIRICAL RIGHT CONDUCT व्यवहार वचनगुप्ति का लक्षण - Control-of-vocal-activity (vacanagupti) –
थीराजचोरभत्तकहादिवयणस्स पावहेउस्स । परिहारो वयगुत्ती अलीयादिणियत्तिवयणं वा ॥६७॥
पाप के कारणभूत ऐसे स्त्रीकथा, राजकथा, चोरकथा और भोजनकथा आदि सम्बन्धी वचनों का परित्याग, अथवा असत्यादिक की निवृत्ति, वह वचनगुप्ति है।
The control-of-vocal-activity (vacanagupti) is abstaining from the speech – the causes of demerit (pāpa) – that involves stories (kathā) pertaining to women (strī), kings (rāja), thieves (cora), and food (bhakta), etc., or, refraining from speaking the untruth, etc.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Lascivious men take pleasure in narrating, and listening to, stories pertaining to women, of their union and parting, etc. Such stories are termed strīkathā. Stories pertaining to kings, of war and peace, etc., are termed rājakathā. Stories pertaining to thieves, of their ways and means, etc., are termed corakathā. Stories pertaining to the food, of its varieties and delicacies, etc., are termed bhaktakathā or bhojanakathā. Abstaining from listening to such stories (kathā) is the controlof-vocal-activity (vacanagupti). Refraining from speaking the untruth, or from speaking anything that is not commendable, is also termed the control-of-vocal-activity (vacanagupti).
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