Sutra 2.34

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वितर्का हिंसादयः कृतकारितानुमोदिता लोभक्रोधमोहपूर्वका मृदुमध्याधिमात्रा दुःखाज्ञानानन्तफला इति प्रतिपक्षभाअवनम् ॥ २.३४ ॥

vitarkā hiṃsādayaḥ kṛtakāritānumoditā lobhakrodhamohapūrvakā mṛdumadhyādhimātrā duḥkhājñānānantaphalā iti pratipakṣabhāavanam || 2.34 ||

[The torments that make it impossible to be in a state of] awe [wonder, bliss and conscious awareness] are harm to others, whether it is done, caused to be done or permitted to be done; whether it is done for gain, in anger or in ignorance; whether it is mild, moderate or excessive; the result is infinite suffering and ignorance.

The greatest failings are harming others

and not speaking the truth. These always result in suffering. They are caused by anger and desire. Remember this.

– Alberto Villoldo

vitarkā = awe

hiṃsā = violence

ādayaḥ = merciless

kṛtakā = committed

āritā = praised

anumodita = applauded

lobha = covetousness

krodha = anger

moha = confusion/ignorance/wrong information

pūrvakā = preceded by, accompanied with

mṛdumadhyāādhimāātrā = mild, moderate or excessive

duḥkhā = suffering

ājñānā = ignorance

ananta = infinite

phala = result

iti =

vitarkā = awe

hiṃsādayaḥ = causing harm to others

kṛtakā = that which is done

āritā = that which is caused to be done

anumodita = that which is permitted to be done

lobha = desire of gain

krodha = anger

moha = ignorance of the real nature of an act, under the impression that the act proposed is a virtue.

pūrvakā = preceded by, accompanied with, prompted by, done through

mṛdumadhyāādhimāātrā = mild, moderate or excessive

vitarkāḥ—the thoughts of sin are. hiṃsādayaḥ—the causing of injury to others and the rest, kṛta—done, Kārita, caused to be done. anumoditāḥ—and permitted to be done, lobha—desire. krodha—anger, moha—ignorance. pūrvakāḥ—preceded by. mṛdu—slight, madhya—middling. adhimātrāḥ—and intense. duḥkha—pain, ajñāna—unwisdom. ananta—infinite. phala—result, fruit. Resulting in an infinity of pain and unwisdom, thus, pratipakṣa—to the contrary, bhāvanam—thinking.