Sanskrit
अहिंसासत्यास्तेयब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहा यमाः
Transliteration (IAST)
ahiṃsā-satyāsteya-brahmacaryāparigrahā yamāḥ
Word by word
- ahiṃsā
- non-violence
- satya
- truthfulness
- asteya
- non-stealing
- brahmacarya
- continence
- aparigrahāḥ
- non-possessiveness
- yamāḥ
- the restraints
Translation
Non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-possessiveness are the restraints.
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