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णत्थि अणूदो अप्पं आयासादो अणूणयं णत्थि । जह तह जाण महल्लं ण वयमहिंसासमं अत्थि ॥
ņatthi anūdo appam āyāsādo anūņayam ņatthi
jaha taha jāņa mahallam ņa vayam ahimsāsamam atthi
Bhagavati Sār, Book V,
by Jain prophet Mahāvīr
There is nothing so small and subtle
as the atom nor any element so vast as space;
in the same way, there is no quality of soul more subtle
than ahimsa - harmlessness, and no virtue of spirit greater than
reverence for all life.
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