A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds: but the wicked man burns by his own deeds, as if burnt by fire.
He who inflicts pain on innocent and harmless persons, will soon come to one of these ten states:—
He will have cruel suffering, loss, injury of the body, heavy affliction, or loss of mind.
A misfortune coming from the king, or a fearful accusation, or loss of relations, or destruction of treasures.
Lightning-fire will burn his houses; and when his body is destroyed, the fool will go to hell.
Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying on the earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can purify a mortal who has not overcome desires.
He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he indeed is a Brâhmana, an ascetic (Sramana), a friar (Bhikshu).
Is there in this world any man so restrained by shame that he does not provoke reproof, as a noble horse the whip?
Like a noble horse when touched by the whip, be ye strenuous and eager, and by faith, by virtue, by energy, by meditation, by discernment of the law, you will overcome this great pain, perfect in knowledge and in behavior, and never forgetful.