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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAŅAM : 141
Taha joisatthakandāim
vijjuyam anuyaturayahatthīņami | Tahā hemajuttisukala
makkhāyanto hane jīve || 72 ||
Tathā jyotişārthakāņdādi
vaidyakam manujaturagahastinām/
Tathā hemayuktīsukalā
vyācakṣāṣaḥ
hanyājsīvān || 72 ||
And teaching of astrology; human,
equine, and elephant medicine and matellurgy | Also, discourse on economics and archery,
is violence, and hence, taboo for the clergy || 72 ||
72. Besides the aforementioned, the disciplines of astrology and economics, the science of medicine for the humans as well as animals such as horses and elephants, and similarly, the science of metallurgy and of archery are such that their knowledge results in gross violence towards the living and, therefore, their preacher also becomes responsible for the sinful acts that ensue from their practice. Hence, the rightly inclined and all renounced compassionate monk must not teach such disciplines.
