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Commentary.
Bhogopabhoga Parimána vow is explained in verses 161 to 166. Objects, the enjoyment of which causes considerable Himsa, and which are therefore prohibited, such as Ananta-Káya vegetables, should first be given up for life. Thereafter those, which though not prohibited, are not necessarily required, should be given up for life. The enjoyment of the rest should also be limited to fixed days and nights and within those limits further limits of enjoyment, for fixed hours, should be made. A graduated course of renunciation, progressing with rising capacity and clearer knowledge, is thus prescribed.
This would lead to the attenuation of desire and afford protection from the commission of huge Himsa. The Vow of Ahimsa would thus be more and more extensively observed. विधिना दातृगुणवता द्रव्यविशेषस्य जातरूपाय । स्वपरानुग्रहहेतोः कर्तव्योऽवश्यमतिथये भागः॥ १६७॥
167. For mutual good, one possessed of the qualifications of a donor, should, in a proper manner, give a portion of appropriate things to a saint, who is (naked) like one at birth.
Commentary.
A saint gives up all coverings of the body. He keeps himself nude, and returns to the natural condition in which he was bornJata rúpa. The private parts of a body do not require to be covered or concealed from view so long as baby-hood and childhood continue. A saint is, so far as sex-desire is concerned, as pure and as innocent as a baby, He has no sex-desire; and his naked appearance would not raise or occasion sex-desire in another who sees his nudity.
It is only when the consciousness of the capacity to commit sin. crime, or impropriety dawns upon the mind that the idea of cover
comes in. Husband and wife when they are all alone by themselves and there is no apprehension of an outsider looking upon them have no thought of covering up any part of the body from each other. Adam and Eve lived in the state of nature, until temptation came to them, and with it their fall, and expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the tragedy of Paradise Lost. Diogenes the celebrated Greek Philosopher never thought of covering up any private parts of the body. Euclid the discoverer of the Science of Geometry
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