Shloka 16
Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
अस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यञ्च त्यागो 'लोभस्तथैव च ।
व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणामहिंसापरमाणि वै ॥
asteyaṃ brahmacaryañ ca tyāgo 'lobhas tathaiva ca | vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇām ahiṃsāparamāṇi vai ||
Não roubar, observar o brahmacarya (castidade sagrada), a renúncia e a ausência de cobiça—estes são contados entre os cinco votos dos mendicantes, cujo princípio supremo é, de fato, a ahimsa, a não-violência.
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FAQs
Renunciant ethics are summarized as non-appropriation (asteya), sexual restraint (brahmacarya), letting-go (tyāga), and non-greed (alobha), all grounded in ahiṃsā as the highest norm.
Ācāra/dharma exposition; ancillary to the Purāṇa’s narrative-cosmological core.
Ahiṃsā is ‘parama’ because violence begins subtly as grasping—toward objects, pleasure, or status. These vows cut the roots of grasping, stabilizing the mind for yoga.