Shloka : 14
आत्मधातस्तु तीर्थेऽपि न कर्तव्यश्च न क्रुधा ।
अयोग्याचरणात् क्वापि न क्वाषोद्बन्धनादिना ॥ 14 ॥
અને આત્મઘાત તો તીર્થને વિષે પણ ન કરવો ને ક્રોધે કરીને ન કરવો; અને ક્યારેક કોઈ અયોગ્ય આચરણ થઈ જાય, તે થકી મૂંઝાઈને પણ આત્મઘાત ન કરવો. અને ઝેર ખાઈને તથા ગળે ટૂંપો ખાઈને તથા કૂવે પડીને તથા પર્વત ઉપરથી પડીને ઇત્યાદિક કોઈ રીતે આત્મઘાત ન કરવો. ॥ 14 ॥
And one should never commit suicide even at the places of pilgrimage or out of anger. And one should not commit suicide in a confused state of mind as a result of improper conduct. Moreover, one should never commit suicide by consuming poison, by hanging through a rope, by jumping into a well, by falling from a mountain or by any such methods. || 14 ||
Commentary
There are two kinds of violence -violence towards others i.e. to kill others and violence towards one’s own self i.e. to kill oneself. Among them, the first kind of violence i.e. to kill others has been denied previously. Now, Shri Hari is denying the second kind of violence and says: 'suicide' i.e. to kill one’s ownself, should never be committed even at the places of pilgrimage like Chhapaiya, Gadhpur etc. to attain heaven etc. by following the belief that death attained in the places of pilgrimage is not offensive but gives liberation; or to escape illness or to avoid scandal in the society, one should never commit suicide at the places of pilgrimage. But one should try to follow the religion throughtout the life, because ascent and salvation could be achieved by following the religion only.
And 'out of anger' i.e. if one is angry because of hurting statements of one’s near and dear ones or that of a miscreant, even then one should not commit suicide by consuming poison, by hanging through rope, by jumping into well etc. methods. Moreover, due to certain course of fate, if one or one’s relative had committed some improper action which is not appropriate for his caste, order of religion, country or family, even then one should not commit suicide out of fear of criticism of people, because suicide can lead to the worst kind of hell. Hence, for the improper conduct the only solution is to penance according to the scriptures as per time, place and capacity.