Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37

sva-prāṇān yaḥ para-prāṇaiḥ
prapuṣṇāty aghṛṇaḥ khalaḥ
tad-vadhas tasya hi śreyo
yad-doṣād yāty adhaḥ pumān

TRANSLATION
A cruel and wretched person who maintains his existence at the cost of others’ lives deserves to be killed for his own well-being, otherwise he will go down by his own actions.

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