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VIOLATIONS OF THE VOW OF LIMITING ONE'S POSSESSIONS 209
married woman, cohabitation with a harlot, perverted sexual practices, and excessive sexual passion.
Marriage consists in taking a woman for wife. The marriage of others is 'paravivaha'. Bringing about or effecting the marriage of persons who do not belong to one's family is the first transgression. The rest are self-explanatory". These are the five transgressions of the vow of continence or contentment with one's own wife.
क्षेत्रवास्तुहिरण्य सुवर्णधनधान्यदासीदासकुप्यप्रमाणातिक्रमाः ॥ २९ ॥
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29. Exceeding the limits set by oneself with regard to cultivable lands and houses, riches such as gold and silver, cattle and corn, men and women servants and clothes.
Kṣetravastuhiranyasuvarṇadhanadhānyadāsidāsa
kupyapramānātikramāḥ
'Kṣetra' consists of fields in which corn is grown. 'Vastu' is the habitation or place of residence. 'Hiranya' means stamped coins of precious metals. 'Suvarna' is gold. 'Dhana' consists of wealth such as cows. 'Dhanya' denotes corn such as rice, wheat, etc. 'Dasidasa' means men and women servants. These are in pairs, kṣetravaāstu, hiranyasuvarna, dhanadhanya and dãsidāsa. 'Kupya' includes silk, cotton cloth, silken garments, sandalwood paste, etc. The householder takes a resolve as follows, 'With regard to these, my possessions shall be only so much and not above this limit.' Exceeding the set limits with regard to these out of excessive greed constitutes the transgressions of the vow of limiting one's possessions.
The transgressions of the vows have been described. Now the transgressions of the supplementary vows are described.
1 or giving a maid in marriage.
? A woman who cohabits with one other than her spouse is an unchaste woman (itvari). The meaning of the suffix 'ka' is contemptible. Hence 'itvarikā' means a contemptible adulteress. 'Parigṛhita' is a married woman. Aparigṛ hita' is a harlot without a husband. Parigṛhītā and aparigṛhītā mean a married woman and an unmarried woman. Itvarike and te parigṛhitaparigrhite mean a married adulteress and an unmarried harlot. Cohabitation with these constitutes two transgressions. Sexual enjoyment otherwise than in the generative organ is perverted sexual practice. The last is abnormal sexual passion. These are the five transgressions.
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