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10 Better to have this body split by hari inillstones after falling down from some rugged tall-peaked top of a high mountain. Better to have the hand placed in the mouth of a gigantic serpent with sharp teeth Better falling into a conflagration of fire But not to have destruction of morality.
11. He, who has destroyed his morality (the precious jewel Ferramafor Cintāmaņi of the whole Three Worlds), has sounded a public proclamation, with a beating of drums, of his infamy: has applied black paint with a brush to his family, he has done farewell for ever to right conduct; has applied extensive fire to the seats of a multitule of good virtues; has given a signal to alı misfortunes; and he has applied firm gates on the doors of the town of Mokşa.
नपुंसकत्वं तिर्यक्त्वं दौर्भाग्यं च भवे भवे ।
भवेन्नराणां स्त्रीणां चान्यकान्तासक्तचेतसाम् ।। 12. Napumsakatvam tiryak-tvam daurbhāgyam ca bhave bhavè;
Bhavennarāṇam striņām cānyakāntāsaktacetasām.
12. The males and females, who have become attached with other's beloved persons, become emasculate, and attain tho condition of beasts, and misfortune in every future life. It is said,
प्राणभूतं चरित्रस्य परबह्मककारणम् ।
समाचरन् ब्रह्मचर्य पूजितैरपि पूज्यते ॥१॥ 1. Prāṇabhūtam caritrasya Parabrahmaika kāraṇam;
Samācaran brahmacaryam pūjitairapı půjyatd.
1. Brahmacarya a f Chastity is the essential life of good conduct and is the only prime cause of Mokşa. Any one practising chastity is worshipped even by those who are adored i. e. the gods, demi-gods, Indras, and human beings.
Kali Kāla Sarvajna Ācārya-deva Śrímān Hemacandraācāryr says :
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