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307.
By him in whose mind there exists devotion to thc Jina (spiritually victorious), which (devotion) has been procreated through detachment from the world, which is the procreator of detachment from the world, which is devoid of thc sting of worldly purpose, which is unwavering likc the Meru mountain and which is steady, no anxiety is experienced (by him) in the world.
308. Since even the enemy of an humble-natured man gradually develops amity
with him, humbleness through mind, body and speech should be practised by the householder.
309.
Abstention from the killing of beings, from falsehood, from unlimited desire, from taking (things) without their having been given by the owner) and abstention from possessing another man's wife (or from possessing another woman's husband)—all these are (five) Anuvratas (partial vows).
310.
The person whose mind is vitiated by anger, greed, deceit, etc. (he having been under their dominance) should neither restrain animals, man, etc., nor strike them, nor overload them, nor cause injury to their bodily parts, nor stop their food and water.
311.
Abstention from ordinary falsehood is second (Anuvrata). That admits of five kinds, namely, abstention from falsehood regarding one's own daughter, animal and land, abstention from the taking away of entrusted money and from bearing false witness-(these are the five kinds of abstention from falsehood),
312.
The person should eschew these, namely, the tendency of unthoughtfully attributing false charges, the action of fake writing, impetuously disclosing the secret will of one's own wife (or of one's own husband), and the 'association of those who are the instructors of unethical modes of life. :
313.
One should avoid litigation, shun the business of counterfeit things, avoid false balance and false measures. (One should also avoid) things fetched for one's own self through thieving along with one's contact with the thief, and also avoid that sovereignty which is hostile to one's own country.
314.
One should abstain from sexual association with the married woman (or man) and with unmarried woman (or man) along with all other licentious women (or man) and also abstain from all kinds of amorous play. One should also avoid the activity of other person's marriage (without having any obligation to do so) along with the desire for lustfulness.
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