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TATTVÄRTHA SŪTRA: VOWS AND CHARITY : 109
2. Untruth - • Asadabhidhānamanytani || 9 || To state or establish something false or the way it is not, is
untruth. (9) 3. Stealing • Adattādānam steyam || 10 || To take something without being given (by its rightful owner) is
theft. (10) 4. Sexual Default - • Maithunamabrahma || 11 || Sexual indulgence through body, mind and speech is sexual
default (Abrahma). (11) 5. Encumbrance - • Mürccha parigrahaḥ || 12 || To have attachment towards what one has is encumbrance or
Parigraha. (12)
The Vower -
• Nihsalyo vrati || 13 ||| Vratī or the vower is one who is without the (spiritual) sting or
thorn. (13) • Agāryanagāryaśca || 14 || Vowers are either householders (Agārī) or house-renouncers
(Grihatyāgi Anagāra). (14)
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• The thorns or spiritual stings are three – False pretensions with a
view to deceive some one (Dambha), Insatiable desire for sensual pleasures (Nidāna), and Lack of belief in the reality (Mithyādarśana). Unless these are surmounted, no-one can truly adhere to
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