Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter into the clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where death could not overcome the mortal.
[CHAPTER X]
PUNISHMENT
All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death; remember that you are like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
All men tremble at punishment, all men love life; remember that thou art like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after death.
He who, seeking his own happiness, does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.
Do not speak harshly to anyone; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
If, like a shattered metal plate (gong), thou utter nothing, then thou hast reached Nirvâna; anger is not known to thee.
As a cow-herd with his staff drives his cows into the stable, so do Age and Death drive the life of men.