Shloka : 202
दूतकर्म न कर्तव्यं पैशुनं चारकर्म च ।
देहेऽहन्ता च ममता न कार्या स्वजनादिषु ॥ 202 ॥
અને કોઈનું દૂતપણું ન કરવું, તથા ચાડિયાપણું ન કરવું, ને કોઈના ચારચક્ષુ ન થવું; અને દેહને વિષે અહંબુદ્ધિ ન કરવી, ને સ્વજનાદિકને વિષે મમતા ન કરવી. (એવી રીતે સાધુના વિશેષ ધર્મ કહ્યા.) ॥ 202 ॥
And they should not perform the duty of a messenger, should not back-bite anyone and should not spy for anyone. They should not feel attached to their bodies nor get attached to their relatives. (These are the specific code of conduct for the saint devotees of Shri Hari). || 202 ||
Commentary
And a saint and a celibate should not perform the duty of a messenger i.e. they should not deliver the messages. Moreover, they should not commit back biting. i.e. they should not tell someone’s secret to other people in privacy. Because while back biting there is a possibility of being unkind. And they should not perform the duty of a spy, i.e. they should not find out the secret of a person stealthily and tell it to someone else. Because while performing the duty of a spy, there is a possibility of loosing the qualities like detachment, lack of cunningness etc. Moreover, a Tyagi should not take any decisions regarding the worldly duties of a Grihastha, because the Tyagis are considered inauspicious to perform any worldly duties, it is not their right to take related decisions.
And the saints and celibates should not feel attached to their bodies i.e. they should renounce the concept that they exist only physically i.e. by experiencing oneself as spiritual soul, they should try to detach themselves from their physical existence. For that, they should know the facts about their bodies and that of others. The body is like a sack full of muscles, excrete etc. impious, ugly objects. Moreover, it is full of skin, muscles, blood, veins, fat, nerves, bones, excrete, urine etc. impious objects. There is nothing good about this body, which goes through old age and various kind of diseases. The people who are attached to the body attain the birth on an 'Andaj', 'Udbhij', 'Swedaj' and 'Jarayuj' and repeatedly they are born among these four categories. Such understanding of 'Sankhya' is helpful to develop detachment from the body.
Moreover, the Tyagi Sadhu should not get involved with their ‘Swajan’ i.e. their relatives through affection i.e. such attachement that "these relatives belong to me!" And they should not develop attachment towards clothes, containers, furniture etc. Because such objects are related to physical existence and interfering to the concept of spiritual soul-Supreme God and therefore they create obstacles on the path of salvation. And they should try to convince themselves through the understanding that if the deities are not happy in the heaven and the others are also not happy through deities, then how could the people who themselves are confused by the desires of their mortal existence, make me happy? With such understanding, they should try to detach themselves from the relatives who were related to them prior to their initiation as Tyagis. Because ultimate bliss could be experienced through detachment from body and body related objects and great affection towards Shri Hari is developed.
The Tyagi Sadhus who worship Shri Hari by following his code of conduct with proper knowledge and renunciation, are called the Ekantik Muktas.