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non-restraint. You are surely going to observe celibacy during
the day, but if you do not take an oath regarding the same
right in the morning, then your time is surely going to be
wasted in non-restraint of your senses.

Similarly, major sins like violent business activities, burning
down forests, drying lakes, manufacturing and dealing in
weapons are surely not going to be exercised by you. But if
you do not take one oath to forsake them, then all the time
till then is surely misused in non-restraint and continuous

binding of sins.
Tell me, what is the use of such unnecessary sins and activities
of non-restraint? Instead, if you have taken short-term or

long-term oaths, then that much time is optimally utilized in
restraint over senses.

Human time is valuable and should be used to practice
restraint over senses; How can non-restraint steal away this
precious time?

We have attained this precious human birth to exercise various
religious activities like Navkarshi-Pachchakhana, worshipping
God, not eating at night, not consuming underground
vegetables like potatoes, onions, etc. Instead if you do not
implement all these, then all this valuable time goes down the
drain.

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