[The declarations:] “Korban, I shall not eat of yours,” “Korban, [if] I shall eat of yours,” [and] “Not a korban, [what] I shall not eat of yours” —- [are] not binding.  “Shevuah, I shall not eat of yours,” “Shevuah [if] I shall eat of yours,” [and] “No shevuah, [for what] I do not eat” —- [are] binding. This is [an instance in which] oaths are more stringent than nedarim.  What is an instance in which nedarim are more stringent than oaths? [If] he said: “Konam, [the] succah that I am constructing,” “[the] lulav that I am taking,” “[the tefillin that I am wearing” —- as nedarim, [these declarations] are binding; as oaths, they are not binding, for one may not swear to transgress the commandments.

There is a neder within a neder, but there is not an oath within an oath. How? If he said: “I am a Nazirite if I eat, I am a Nazirite if I eat,” and he eats —- he is bound by each [declaration]. “Shevuah, that I shall not eat, shevuah, that I shall not eat,” and he ate —- he is liable only for one.

Indeterminate nedarim [are treated] stringently, and their interpretation, leniently. How? He said: “[It is] to me like salted meat” [or] “wine libations” —- if [he vowed] of heaven, it is binding; if [he vowed] of idols, it is not binding; if it is indeterminate, it is binding. “It is to me like cherem” —- if [he meant] a cherem to the Temple, it is binding; but if [he meant] a cherem of Kohanim, it is not binding; if it is indeterminate, it is binding.  [If one said:] “It is to me like a tithe” —- if he vowed like the animal tithe, it is binding; if [he vowed] of the granary, it is not binding; if it is indeterminate, it is binding. “It is to me like terumah” —- if he vowed concerning the withdrawal from the chamber, it is binding; if [he vowed] concerning the granary, it is not binding; if it is indeterminate, [the neder] is binding; [these are] the words of R' Meir. R' Yehudah says: Indeterminate terumah —- in Judea, it is forbidden; in Galilee, it is permitted, because people in Galilee are not familiar with the withdrawals from the chamber.  Indeterminate charamim —- in Judea, [they] are permissible; but in Galilee, [they] are binding, because the people of Galilee are not familiar with charamim of Kohanim.

[If] one vowed referring to cherem, and said: “I vowed with reference to a fisherman's net”; [or he vowed] referring to korban, and said: “I vowed with reference to gifts for kings”; [or if he declared:] “My self is [to you like a] korban,” and he said: “I vowed with reference to a bone that I have set aside for myself to use for nedarim;” [or] “Konam, [that which] my wife benefits from me,” and he said: “My declaration was directed at my first wife, whom I divorced” —- for all of these, they need not request cancellation, and if they requested cancellation, we penalize them, and we are strict with them; [these are] the words of R' Meir.  The Sages, however, say: We find grounds to annul the neder from elsewhere, and we teach them, so that they not conduct themselves with levity [when dealing] with nedarim.