Self-Control Over Sensuality (Svadära-santosh-vrata)

Fourth partial Vow (Anuvrat): Svadära-Santosh-Vrata or Parstrigaman-Virmanvrata means to be faithful to your spouse, and have no illicit sensual activities. I might not have been faithful to my own spouse. I might have been involved in illicit sensual activities. I might not have viewed other women as sister or mother. I might have been involved in improper intimacy with unmarried women or widowers. I might have kept a mistress or visited a prostitute. I might have intensified my passion by consuming intoxicating drugs like heroin,cocaine, marijuana, opium, drugs, wine, or liquor or watching provocative movies or shows or paintings; or reading provocative magazines or books; or listening to provocative songs or talk. Or I might have committed similar acts. If I have indulged in any of the above faults or lapses by physical, verbal or mental activities, directly or indirectly, then I pray that my such faults be dissolved. TASSA MICHCHHÄ MI DUKKADAM.