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Chapter 16
ahimsa satyamakrodhastyagah santirapaisunam
days bhatesvaloluptvam mardavam hriracapalam
Non-violence, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, aversion to fault-finding, compassion to living beings, freedom from covetousness, gentleness, modesty and steadiness (absence of fickleness). 2
Comment:-
(Non-violence)— Infliction of pain or injury, on any being through body, mind, speech or feeling etc., is violence. Non-injury, is known as non-violence. When a person, instead of having an inclination for the world, has an inclination only, for the Lord, he observes non-violence, in the true sense of the term. But, he who has desire and attachment, to enjoy worldly pleasure and also enjoys them, cannot be free from violence. He degrades himself, and also destroys sense-objects, which he enjoys. He, who enjoys limited worldly enjoyment, considering these as his own, does violence. It is also violence, to regard worldly objects which have been bestowed upon us, for the service of the world, as ours. But, a person, who uses available resources and persons, in the service of the world, without having any attachment for them, becomes free, from violence.
When a person enjoys worldly pleasure with a selfish motive, he inflicts pain, on those needy people who suffer shortage, because they feel miserable and agonised, when they notice the former's, enjoyment. Thus he commits violence. It is because of one's selfishness and enjoyment that he does not care, for others. But, the great souls (saints), who satisfy bare necessities of their life, in order to do, welfare to others, commit no sins or violence (Gita 4/21), though a person may feel aggrieved, because of his mean mentality and evil nature, when he sees those great souls, satisfying their necessities.
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