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gods & hellish beings) kinds as long as I live - with celestial fe
males in two ways--(I myself will not do it, and 1 will not have it done by others) and in three ways (by mind, speech, and body)-with brute females in one way (I will not myself do it), and in three ways (by mind, speech, and budy )-and with human females in accordance with the varieties of minor vows take taken in connection with the main row. 0 Worshipful Sire, I retire from these sins (of previcus lives) 1 censure them, I atone for them, and I repudiate my soul from these sins
प्राणभूतं चरित्रस्य परब्रह्मककारणम् । समाचरन् ब्रह्मचयं पूजितैरपि पूज्यते ।। १ ।। चिरायुषः सुसंस्थाना दृढसंहनना नराः ।
तेजस्विनो महावीर्या भवेयुर्ब्रह्मचर्यतः ॥ २ ॥ 1. Prāņbhūtam caritrasya parabrahmaika karaṇam
Samâcaran brahmacaryam pūjitairapı pūļyate 2. Cirāyusah su-samsthānā dridha saninahanā naiāḥ
Téjasvino mahaviryā bhaveyu-r-brahmacaryataḥ
1. One, practising brahmacarya (celibacy) which is the vital breath of Caritra (good conduct), and which is the sole prime cause of Para Brahma (the Supreme Brahinan, Moksa), is revered even by gods who are worshipped with great honour.
2 By observing celibacy, per sons becorne long-lived, wellshaped, endowed with strong constitution, lustrous and very powerful.--
नासकत्या सेवनीयाः स्वदारा अप्युपासकैः । आकरः सर्वपापानां किं पुनः परयोषितः ॥ ३ ॥ स्वपति या परित्यज्य निरूपोपपतिं भजेत् । तस्यां क्षणिचितायां विश्रंभ कोऽययोपिति ॥ ४ ॥
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