Punishment (Daṇḍa Vagga)
Verse 129
Pāli Source
Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa sabbe bhāyanti maccuno; attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā na haneyya na ghātaye.
English Translation
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Seeing this likeness to oneself, one should neither harm nor cause harm.
Way to Enlightenment draft translation — not yet reviewed for accuracy.
Editorial Note
Opens the Daṇḍa Vagga (Punishment/Violence) — grounds non-harming not in a rule imposed from outside, but in recognizing the same fear of violence and death in every other being.
Source
Pali critical edition: O. von Hinüber & K.R. Norman (Pali Text Society, 1995), digitized by the Dhammakaya Foundation via GRETIL, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0