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4. Chastity elevates the prosperity of a family; chastity is an excellent ornament; chastity is an indestructible sinless wealth; chastity is the messenger of good existence in future life; chastity completely destroys the evil condition of existence. Chastity purifies fame; chastity is the best cause of Moksati ohastity is also an actual Kalpa Vriksa Fut-the Wishing Tree.
5. Chastity is a precious gem, among all virtues, like the jewel on the head of the serpent; chastity protects from adversity; chastity is a bright ornament enjoyed by all sages. It is like a shower of water from the clourts of the rainy season, pacifying tbe fire of pain arising from irristible mental affliction; who does not admit that chastity is the only sourcs of all happiness?
6. Sweetness is the ornament of supreme power; restraint of speech is the ornament of valour; peace of mind is the ornament of knowledge; polite manners, of persons versed in saored literature; expenditure of money for suitable worthy persons is the ornament of wealth; free lom from anger, of Tapah a: Penance; forbearance is the ornament of the powerful; Final Emancipation, of Dharma; (and) chastity is an excellent ornament calculated to fulfil all the desired objects of all persons.
7. There is no Dharma equal to A-himsā sf FT-Desistence from doing injury to living beings, there is no vow equal to contentment, there is no purifying agent like Truth, (and) there is no ornament like sila aftos chastity.
8. He, who is satisfied with his own wife and is indifferent to sensual enjoyments, is considered nearly like an ascetio, on Account of his morality, although he is a house-holder.
9. Better to enter a blazing conflagration of fire; better to clie by pure karmas. But, better not to have the breach of an socepted vow; and better not to keep up the life of any one who has transgressed his morality.
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