Shanti Parva 262.35
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 262 · Verse 35
Sanskrit Original
ये च च्छिन्दन्ति वृषणान् ये च भिन्दन्ति नस्तकान्। वहन्ति महतो भारान् बधन्ति दमयन्ति च॥ हत्वा सत्त्वानि खादन्ति तान् कथं न विगर्हसे। मानुषा मानुषानेव दासभावेन भुञ्जते॥ वधबन्धनिरोधेन कारयन्ति दिवानिशम्। आत्मनश्चापि जानाति यद् दुःखं वधबन्धने॥
Why do you not destroy them who emasculate bulls and bore their noses and make them bear heavy loads and bind them and put them under various sorts of restraint, and who eat the flesh of living creatures after killing them. Men are seen to acquire men as slaves, and by beating, by binding, and by otherwise subjugating them, make them work day and night. These people are not ignorant of the pain that is caused by beating and chains.