Shloka : 16

अकार्याचरणे क्वापि जाते स्वस्य परस्य वा ।

अंगच्छेदो न कर्तव्य: शस्त्राद्यैश्च क्तुधापि वा ॥ 16 ॥

અને ક્યારેક પોતાવતે કાંઈક અયોગ્ય આચરણ થઈ ગયું હોય અથવા કોઈ બીજાવતે અયોગ્ય આચરણ થઈ ગયું હોય તો શસ્ત્રાદિકે કરીને પોતાના અંગનું તથા બીજાના અંગનું છેદન ન કરવું; અથવા ક્રોધે કરીને પણ પોતાના અંગનું તથા બીજાના અંગનું છેદન ન કરવું. ॥ 16 ॥

And if one has committed some improper action or someone else has committed improper action, one should not cut or damage one’s own body parts or that of others with any type of weapon; out of anger also one should not commit such acts. || 16 ||

Commentary

Shri Sahajanand Swami has denied the violence against all the living beings. Now, He denies even the damage of the body parts of living beings. Shri Hari says: If one has committed or someone else has committed adultery or some other sin which is condemned by the society as well as by the scriptures, one should not damage one’s own body parts like ear, nose or genitals or that of other’s using a sword, a knife or a blade etc.. Because by damaging the body parts, the prior committed sin is not nullified but another sin of cruelty is accumulated and it causes the heartlessness which displeases the God and one has to repeat the cycles of birth and death. Also, one should not even mention about damaging one’s own body parts or should not speak something which tortures the others.

And one should never damage one’s own body parts or that of others using weapons, out of anger towards the rash statements uttered by someone, because it causes great trouble. Besides, all the efforts to perform charity, devotion, observance of religious teachings, knowledge, meditation, sacrifices, prayers etc. go futile as a result of anger.