Anushasana Parva 143.51
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 143 · Verse 51
Sanskrit Original
यः कश्चिन्निरयात् तस्मात् समुत्तरति कर्हिचित्। मानुष्यं लभते चापि हीनायुस्तत्र जायते॥ पापेन कर्मणा देवि बद्धो हिंसारतिर्नरः। अप्रियः सर्वभूतानां हीनायुरुपजायते॥ यस्तु शुक्लाभिजातीयः प्राणिघातविवर्जकः। निक्षिप्तशस्त्रो निर्दण्डो न हिंसति कदाचन॥ न घातयति ना हन्ति नंन्त नैवानुमोदते। सर्वभूतेषु सस्नेहो यथाऽऽत्मनि तथापरे॥ ईदृशः पुरुषोत्कर्षो देवि देवत्वमश्नुते। उपपन्नान् सुखान् भोगानुपाश्नाति मुदा युतः॥
That man who is given to slaughter and injury, O goddess, becomes, through his sinful deeds, liable to destruction. Such a person becomes disagreeable to all creatures and shortlived. That man who belongs to what is called the White class, who abstains from the destruction of living crcatures, who has thrown away all weapons, and never inflicts any punishment on any body, who never injures any creature, who never causes anybody to kill creatures for him, who never kills or strikes even when struck or attempted to be killed, who never sanctions or approves an act of destruction, who is gifted with mercy towards all creatures who treats others as his own self, such a superior man, O goddess, succeeds in acquiring to the dignity of a celestial. Filled with joy, such a man enjoys various kinds of luxurious articles.