Duties of an Ascetic - Verse 30
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 29 · Verse 30
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Sanskrit Original
परमापद्गतेनापि न कार्यं स्तेयमन्यतः। स्तेयादभ्यधिकः कश्चिन्नास्त्यधर्म इति स्मृतिः। हिंसा चैषापरा दिष्टा या चात्मज्ञाननाशिका।।
paramāpadgatenāpi na kāryaṃ steyamanyataḥ| steyādabhyadhikaḥ kaścinnāstyadharma iti smṛtiḥ| hiṃsā caiṣāparā diṣṭā yā cātmajñānanāśikā||
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One should not commit theft even if one loses one’s interest* (?). The Smrti states that there is no other act of irreligion than theft.