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who has trodden the path. The implication is that such person never. slides back from the accepted path.
5.51 iti kamam pariubyō, sovvoso sena himsati. samjömati no pagabbhati.
Perfectly knowing the nature of karma in this manner, he does not indulge in violence to any being. He controls his senses and does not allow them to go astray.
Bhagyam Sutra 51
In this way, having comprehended the nature of karma and the cause of karmic bondage, he does not indulge in any act of violence to any class of living beings. The basis of non-violence is self-restraint. Therefore, he restrains the activities of the senses and the mind. The root of self-restraint is shame (external and internal) or self-discipline. A person with shame (internal) does not commit any unworthy act even in privacy. He is never arrogant.
5.52 uvehamāņo patteyam sāyam.
The aspirant should closely comprehend that pleasure (and pain) are of the individual himself. Bhajyam Sūtra 52
The basic truth that pleasure and pain are concerned exclusively with the individual himself has been expounded in different ways in this scripture. 18 The dictum that pleasurable feeling is individual's own renders support to the principles of non-violence and self-restraint.
5.53 vannāesi ņārabhe kamcanam savvaloe..
The monk should not perform anything in any field of life for the sake of ostentation. Bhagyam Sūtra 53
'Ostentation'' means reputation. In search of reputation, one should not indulge in anything in any field of life. As it has been said in the
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