Anushasana Parva 144.23
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 144 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
यस्तु रौद्रसमाचारः सर्वसत्त्वभयंकरः। हस्ताभ्यां यदि वा पद्भ्यां रज्ज्वा दण्डेन वा पुनः।। लोष्टैः स्तम्भैरायुधैर्वा जन्तून् बाधति शोभने। हिंसार्थं निकृतिप्रज्ञः प्रोद्वेजयति चैव ह॥ उपक्रामति जन्तूंश्च उद्वेगजननः सदा। एवंशीलसमाचारो निरयं प्रतिपद्यते॥
That man who is fierce in conduct, who creates terror in all creatures, who injures other beings with hands or feet or cords or sticks, or brickbats or clods of hard clay, or other means of wounding and paining, O beautiful lady, who practises various kinds of deceit for killing living creatures or vexing them, who chases animals and causes them to tremble in fear, indeed, that man, who acts thus, is certain to sink in Hell.