Lesson 6
Pehlun Anuvrat - First Anuvrat

Pehlun
First
Ańuvrať
vow (limited vow of shravak)
Thulaao
Gross
Paańaai-vaayaao
Violence towards lives
Ver-mańam
I refrain from
ťras jiva
Lives which move around
Be-indriya
Souls with two senses, namely touch, taste (e.g.worms, shells etc)
ťe-indriya
Souls with three senses namely touch, taste and smell (e.g.Ants, Lice etc)
Chaur-indriya
Souls with four senses namely touch, taste, smell and vision (e.g.Flies, Bees, etc)
Panch-endriya
Souls with all five senses namely touch, taste, smell, vision and hearing (e.g.horse, man etc) 
Jiva
Living beings
Jaańi-prichhi
Knowingly and by idenfication
Sva sambandhi
own or to someone known
Sharir Maa(n)hela Pidakaari
Inflicting pain to the body
Sa apraadhi
or having offended one
Viga-lendriya vinaa
Lives excepting Beindriya, Teindriya, chaurindriya and children  and insane
Aakutti
deliberately, intentionally
Hańvaa Nimiťťe
to kill
Hańvaanaa pachchak-khaan
vow not to kill
ťathaa Sukshma Akendriya pań hańvaanaa pachcha-khaań
and also not kill the smallest organisms
Jaavaj-jivae
As long as I live
ďu viham
Two acts
ťi viheńam
Three means
Na karemi
Personally I do not kill
Na kaarvemi
And do not ask others to kill
Mańsaa
Mentally
Vaysaa
Verbally
Kaysaa
Physically
Ehvaa pahelaa
Such first
Thul praańaaťipať
Violence towards lives
Vermańam vraťnaa
Vow, to refrain from
Panch aiyaaro
Five blemishes
Peyaalaa
Like fathomless depths
Jańi-yavvaa
Worth knowing (but)
Na Samaayri-yavvaa
not worth doing
ťam jahaa
The way it is
ťe Aaloun
I say
Bandhe
Thesse lives if tied by strong cards
Vahe
These lives if attacked by sticks
Chha-vichchhe-ye
Nose, ear or other limbs if pierced
Ai-bhaare
over Laden with weight
Bhaťť-paań voch-chheye
Deprived of food and water with evil intention

ťassa Michchhami ďukkadam

May my sins be dissolved

First anuvrat (meaning limited vow of Shravak, with a few permissive liberties; whereas Mahavrat is the vow of a saint wherein there are no liberties), is to refrain from violence towards living creatures.
As long as I live, I vow not to kill deliberately and intentionally, knowingly and by idenfication those lives which move around; those which are Bendriya, Tendriya, Chaurindriya, Panchendriya; thoses which can inflict pain to my body or someone known to me; also the lives excepting Bendriya, Tendriya, Chaurindriya, children and the insane; and also not kill the smallest of the lives by two acts, i.e. by not killing personally and by not asking others to kill; and by three ways i.e. mentally, verbally and physically.
Of such first anuvrat to refrain from killing of lives, there are five blemishes which are worth knowing but not worth doing, which I say as they are :
Theses lives if tied by strong cords
These lives if attacked by sticks
Nose, ear or other limbs if pierced
Over-laden with weight
Deprived of food and water by evil intention
Of the above five if any blemish has occurred, then may my such sin be dissolved.

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