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With the help of God, I pledge myself to keep the following covenant:—
 * 1. I will not attend any gatherings where nautches are present, or invite them myself, or do anything else that tends to encourage them.


 * 2. I will not use impure language, or tell coarse jests, or sing indecent songs, or indulge in listening to such language, songs or jests.


 * 3. I will not indulge in witnessing indecent pictures, paintings, or scenes,


 * 4. I will not converse or read, for the sake of mere pleasure, about subjects that are calculated to suggest impure thoughts, and will do my best not to entertain any such thoughts.


 * 5. I will be chaste in body and will endeavour my utmost to be chaste in mind, as well as to promote the cause of purity in general.