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## Chapter 314 of the Padma Purana
**20.** Ravana, who had crossed the ocean and killed Lakshmana while he was on the earth, was a fierce and violent being.
**21.** Lakshmana, having killed Ravana, who was the moon to the Rakshasas, conquered the entire earth, including the oceans.
**21.** The Kevalis say, "Where is such a hero, and where is such a feat? This is the greatness of karma, that even the impossible is achieved."
**212.** Thus, there is a constant exchange between the slayer and the slain. The one who is slain in one existence becomes the slayer in the next, and the one who is the slayer in one existence becomes the slain in the next. This is the state of beings in the cycle of existence.
**213.** Where are the supreme pleasures in heaven, and where is the intense suffering in hell? Oh, how contrary are the actions of karma!
**214.** Just as a great quantity of the most delicious food is contaminated by poison, so too is the most excellent austerity contaminated by its cause.
**215.** To contaminate austerity for the sake of its cause is like cutting down a Kalpavriksha to plant a field of millet, or watering a poisonous tree with nectar, or grinding a garland of precious gems for a thread, or burning sandalwood from the head of a cow for charcoal.
**216.** In the world of living beings, a woman is a mine of all vices. What kind of evil deed is there that she does not commit?
**217.** Karma, once performed, inevitably returns to bear its fruit. Who can change this in the three worlds?
**218.** If those who have embraced Dharma attain this state, what can be said of those who are devoid of Dharma?
**219.** Even those who have embraced the path of a monk, but who are envious of the objects of their pursuit, do not attain liberation, even if they perform severe austerities. They are still bound by the burning passions.
**220.** One who has no peace, no austerity, and no self-control, due to false views, what means does such a wicked soul have to escape the cycle of existence?
**221.** Where elephants intoxicated with pride are carried away by the wind, there the rabbits who live on land are already taken away.
**222.** Thus, knowing the cause of these great sufferings, let people who are concerned with their own welfare not engage in the bond of enmity.