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That is, - In this universe there are small creatures and large creatures. The monk with right vision considers them as his equal.
Se jahā nāmae mama assāyam dandeņa vā atrhīņa vā mutthīņa vā, lelūņa vā kavāleņa vā, āudijjamāṇassa vā, hammamāṇassa vā tajjijjamāṇassa vā, uddavijjamāṇassavā jāva lomukkhaṇaņamātamavi himsākaram dukkham bhayam padisamvedemi, iccevam jāņa savve pāņā jāva sattā dandeņa vā java kavāleņa vā āudijjamāņā vā, hammamāņā vā tajjijjamāņā vā, tadijjamāṇā vāpariyāvijjamāṇā vā, kilāmijjamāņā vā, uddavijjamāņā vā jāva lomukkhaņaņa-mātamavi himsākaram dukkham bhayam padisarıvedenti | Evar naccā savve pāņā jāva savve sattā ņa hantavvā, ņa ajjāveyavvā, ņa parighetavvā, ņa paritāveyavvā, ņa uddaveyavvā || - Sūtrakstānga, 2.1. 679.
That is - Just as I feel miserable when someone beats me with a rod or a bone or a clod of earth or a stone or a piece of broken earthen pot or a whip or threatens me by pointing a finger at me or chides me or punishes me or admonishes me or torments me or quarrels with me or distresses me or oppresses me or frightens me or even if someone just plucks one hair from my body so do all the living beings, all the creatures all the living existence feel pained and miserable when they are beaten with a rod or a bone or a clod of earth or a stone or a piece of broken earthen pot or a whip or when they are threatened by pointing a finger at them or chided or punished or admonished or tormented or quarreled with or distressed or oppressed or frightened or even if just one hair from their body is plucked.
Knowing this, one must not kill or hurt or torment any living beings, any creatures or all the living existence. Also, they must neither be subordinated, nor enslaved nor tormented nor distressed.
Comments - Others' pain can be felt only on the basis of pain suffered by the self under different circumstances. This quotation from the Sūtrakrtānga vividly depicts, by comparing it with the pain suffered by us under similar circumstances, the pain that the other creatures may suffer when subjected to violence.
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